15 occurrences in 9 translations

'Ravage' in the Bible

but after them seven years of famine are ahead, during which all of the abundance will be forgotten throughout the land of Egypt. The famine will ravage the land so severely that

Verse ConceptsForgetting ThingsBad Luck

I will send wild animals against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.

Verse ConceptsBeastsNumbers ReducingAnimals Killing

The Israelites were pleased with the report, and they praised God. They spoke no more about going to war against them to ravage the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.

So you shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that ravage the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will ease His hand from you, your gods, and your land.

Verse ConceptsLike Creatures

God sent an angel to ravage Jerusalem. As he was doing so, the Lord watched and relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was destroying, "That's enough! Stop now!" Now the Lord's angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Verse ConceptsRegretDestruction Of JerusalemNatural Disasters

The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

Verse ConceptsForestsAnimals, Types OfPigs

In the evening—sudden terror!Before morning—it is gone!This is the fate of those who plunder usand the lot of those who ravage us.

Verse ConceptsMorningAt Morning And EveningFear Will Cometerrorism

Behold, it is I who have created the smith that bloweth in the fire of coal, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the destroyer to ravage.

Verse ConceptsOccupationsBlacksmithsThose Who DestroyFurnacescraftsmanshipcredibility

Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down.A wolf from an arid plain will ravage them.A leopard keeps watch over their cities.Anyone who leaves them will be torn to piecesbecause their rebellious acts are many,their unfaithful deeds numerous.

Verse ConceptsForestsLeopardCarnivorousnessWolvesIn Danger From Lions

And he will come and ravage the land of Egypt, [and deliver those] who [are appointed] for the plague, to the plague, and [those] who [are appointed] for the captivity, to the captivity, and [those] who [are appointed] for the sword, to the sword.

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Looms Near

I will weep for the grapevines of Sibmah just like the town of Jazer weeps over them. Their branches once spread as far as the Dead Sea. They reached as far as the town of Jazer. The destroyer will ravage her fig, date, and grape crops.

Verse ConceptsGrapesVinesSummerVintageSummer Fruit

If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming Empty

I will make your hordes fallby the swords of warriors,all of them ruthless men from the nations.They will ravage Egypt’s pride,and all its hordes will be destroyed.

Verse ConceptsKilled With The SwordThe Proud Will Be Abased

When I would heal Israel,The sin (guilt) of Ephraim is uncovered,And the wickedness of Samaria,Because they practice false dealing;The thief enters,Bandits ravage and raid outside.

Verse ConceptsRoadsStreetsFalse WaysNo HealingSin Brings SicknessThings Manifest

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