'Ruins' in the Bible
The towns that are inhabited will lie in ruins, because the land will be devastated. Then they'll learn that I am the LORD."'"
Israel, your prophets have become like foxes among ruins.
"Son of Man, because Tyre has been saying about Jerusalem, "The international gateway is broken down! It's wide open to me! I will be replenished, now that it lies in ruins!'
All the birds in the sky will live among its ruins, and the wild animals will forage among its branches.
"Son of Man, those who are living among these ruins of the land of Israel keep saying, "Abraham was only one man, but he was able to possess the land! As for us, we're a multitude, and the land has been given to us as an inheritance.'
I'm going to make the entire house of Israel grow every single member and their cities will be inhabited with all the ruins rebuilt.
They will say, "This wasteland has become like the garden of Eden, and what used to be desolate ruins are now fortified and inhabited."
Then the surviving people that live around you will learn that I, the LORD, have rebuilt these ruins and have cultivated these pastures that used to be desolate wastelands. I, the LORD, have spoken this, and I'm going to bring it about!'
I'm going to confiscate anything I can put my hands on. I'll attack the restored ruins and the people who have been gathered together from the nations, who are acquiring livestock and other goods, and who live at the center of the world's attention."