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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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Joel 3:19

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Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

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Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wildernes, for the violence against the children of Iudah, because they haue shed innocent blood in their land.

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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