'Devoured' in the Bible

His father recognized it. “It is my son’s robe,” he said. “A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has been torn to pieces!”

When they had devoured them, you could not tell that they had devoured them; their appearance was as bad as it had been before. Then I woke up.

He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “A lightning storm struck from heaven. It burned up the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

for they have devoured Jacoband devastated his homeland.

They devoured all the vegetation in their landand consumed the produce of their land.

But if you refuse and rebel,you will be devoured by the sword.”For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

I have struck down your children in vain;they would not accept discipline.Your own sword has devoured your prophetslike a ravaging lion.

Nevertheless, all who devoured you will be devoured,and all your adversaries—all of them—will go off into exile.Those who plunder you will be plundered,and all who raid you will be raided.

All who found them devoured them.Their adversaries said, “We’re not guilty;instead, they have sinned against the Lord,their righteous grazing land,the hope of their ancestors, the Lord.”

Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions.The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria;the last one who crushed his boneswas Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

“Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured me;he has crushed me.He has set me aside like an empty dish;he has swallowed me like a sea monster;he filled his belly with my delicacies;he has vomited me out,”

Even when it was whole it could not be made into a useful object. How much less can it ever be made into anything useful when the fire has devoured it and it is charred!

She brought up one of her cubs,and he became a young lion.After he learned to tear prey,he devoured people.

He prowled among the lions,and he became a young lion.After he learned to tear prey,he devoured people.

Fire has gone out from its main branchand has devoured its fruit,so that it no longer has a strong branch,a scepter for ruling.This is a lament and should be used as a lament.”

“Tell them this: This is what the Lord God says: As surely as I live, those who are in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I have given to wild animals to be devoured, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

“While I was watching in the night visions, a fourth beast appeared, frightening and dreadful, and incredibly strong, with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and it trampled with its feet whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had 10 horns.

I call to You, Lord,for fire has consumedthe pastures of the wilderness,and flames have devouredall the trees of the countryside.

I struck you with blight and mildew;the locust devouredyour many gardens and vineyards,your fig trees and olive trees,yet you did not return to Me.This is the Lord’s declaration.

The Lord God showed me this: The Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.