'Waste' in the Bible

For they have devoured JacobAnd laid waste his habitation.

Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon.

I resemble a pelican of the wilderness;I have become like an owl of the waste places.

A fruitful land into a salt waste,Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

He pours contempt upon princesAnd makes them wander in a pathless waste.