18 occurrences

'Waste' in the Bible

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Verse ConceptsBriersAgriculture, TermsPruningCommands, in OTdrought, physicalRainCultivationLack Of RainFallow Land

Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

Verse ConceptsLambsSheepAnimals Eating

The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Strategies InDisastersDuring One Night

The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShips

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsDestruction Of Strongholds

Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

Verse ConceptsChaosWasteScattering The PeoplesDestruction Of The World

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

Verse ConceptsHighwayInferiorityTreatyEmpty ThingsTravellersTragedy On The StreetsHighways

It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsSmokeLand Becoming EmptyNot ExtinguishingDay Or Nightsmoking

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,

Verse ConceptsPeople Destroying Foreign Nations

Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, God's Promises OfHistoryDestruction Of CitiesHearing About GodGod Planning Of OldGod's Plans

I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

Verse ConceptsdrynessGod Drying Things Up

Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Destroy

For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

Verse ConceptsWaste Places RestoredFar From Here

For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheHorticultureJoy, Of IsraelLand, Spiritual Aspects OfRuinsThanksgivingAfflictions, Consolation DuringArchaeologyEdenWaste Places RestoredBlessing In The WildernessThose Singing PraiseGod Will ComfortFree Of ChargeGardensPeace And ComfortzionFinding Comfort In God

Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfSingingSongsArchaeologyWaste Places RestoredDestruction Of JerusalemGod Has ComfortedFinding Comfort In God

And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

Verse ConceptsRuinsWallsArchaeologyWaste Places RestoredRepairingbridgesrebuilding

And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsBeginningRuinsBuilding CitiesArchaeologyWaste Places RestoredRepairingRebuilding JerusalemRenewalbridgesrebuilding

Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

Verse ConceptsTreasureArchaeologyBurning JerusalemOther Praising Of GodPraising God In Public Worship

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Barren (62 instances)
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