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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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Hosea 12:1

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EPHRAIM feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

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¶ Ephraim feedeth on winde, and followeth after the East winde: hee daily increaseth lies and desolation, and they doe make a couenant with the Assyrians, and oyle is caried into Egypt.

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Leviticus 26:31 Joshua 8:24-28 Job 30:14 Isaiah 17:9 Jeremiah 22:5 Jeremiah 44:22 Jeremiah 34:22 Jeremiah 44:2 Joshua 8:24 Joshua 8:26 Joshua 8:28 Isaiah 61:4 Psalms 73:18 Psalms 73:19 Isaiah 51:19 Jeremiah 51:43 Joel 3:19 Zephaniah 2:14 Luke 21:20