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desolation

Meaning of “desolation”

Devastation or ruin; the state or result of being laid waste, emptied, or left without inhabitants.

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First occurrence: Leviticus 26:31

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Leviticus 26:31
And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:31 · retained source text

And I wil make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries vnto desolation, and I will not smell the sauour of your sweet odours.

Leviticus 26:32
And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 26:32 · retained source text

And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwel therein, shall be astonished at it.

Joshua 8:28
And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
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1611 witness · Joshua 8:28 · retained source text

And Ioshua burnt Ai, and made it an heape for euer, euen a desolation vnto this day.

2 Kings 22:19
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 22:19 · retained source text

Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thy selfe before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy cloathes, and wept before me; I also haue heard thee, saith the LORD.

2 Chronicles 30:7
And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 30:7 · retained source text

And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gaue them vp to desolation, as ye see.

Job 30:14
They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
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1611 witness · Job 30:14 · retained source text

They came vpon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselues vpon me.

Psalms 73:19
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
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1611 witness · Psalms 73:19 · retained source text

How are they brought into desolation as in a moment? they are vtterly consumed with terrours.

Proverbs 1:27
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 1:27 · retained source text

When your feare commeth as desolation, and your destruction commeth as a whirlewinde; when distresse and anguish commeth vpon you:

1611 marginal noteIob.27.9 isa. 1.15. ier.11.11. & 14.12.

Proverbs 3:25
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 3:25 · retained source text

Be not afraid of sudden feare, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it commeth.

Isaiah 10:3
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
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1611 witness · Isaiah 10:3 · retained source text

And what wil ye doe in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from farre? To whom wil ye flee for helpe? And where will yee leaue your glory?

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