'Ruin' in the Bible
A total ruin I will make it! It will come to an end when the one arrives to whom I have assigned judgment.'
The land of Egypt will become a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the Lord. Because he said, "The Nile is mine and I made it,"
I am against you and your waterways. I will turn the land of Egypt into an utter desolate ruin from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border with Ethiopia.
I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them.
Then they will know that I am the Lord when I turn the land into a desolate ruin because of all the abominable deeds they have committed.'
Say to it, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Look, I am against you, Mount Seir; I will stretch out my hand against you and turn you into a desolate ruin.
I will turn Mount Seir into a desolate ruin; I will cut off from it the one who passes through or returns.