Surely now he ¹  has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.

Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste ¹  by the fierce anger of the Lord. ² 

Here is a message about Moab: Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Ar of Moab is destroyed! Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Kir of Moab is destroyed!

Yes, your land lies in ruins; it is desolate and devastated. ¹  But now you will be too small to hold your residents, and those who devoured you will be far away.

The roar of battle will rise against your people; all your fortresses will be devastated, just as Shalman devastated ¹  Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.

It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations ¹  and their lands.

Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust; they will say, ‘Nineveh has been devastated! Who will lament for her?’ There will be no one to comfort you!” ¹ 

O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! ¹  How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us! ² 

They will rebuild the perpetual ruins and restore the places that were desolate; ¹  they will reestablish the ruined cities, the places that have been desolate since ancient times.

I see ¹  one destruction after another taking place, so that the whole land lies in ruins. I see our ²  tents suddenly destroyed, their ³  curtains torn down in a mere instant. ⁴ 

He broke down ¹  their strongholds ²  and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands.

to satisfy a devastated and desolate land, and to cause it to sprout with vegetation? ¹ 

He sent swarms of biting insects against them, ¹  as well as frogs that overran their land. ² 

I replied, “How long, sovereign master?” He said, “Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated, and houses are uninhabited, and the land is ruined and devastated,

Hurry and look ¹  at the permanent ruins, and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple! ² 

The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the Lord has decreed this judgment. ¹ 

Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.

“But when you see Jerusalem ¹  surrounded ²  by armies, then know that its ³  desolation ⁴  has come near.

The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day. ¹