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ruinous

Meaning of “ruinous”

Ruined, fallen, wasted, desolate, or reduced to heaps through destruction and loss of former strength or habitation.

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First occurrence: 2 Kings 19:25

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Every verse containing “ruinous”

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2 Kings 19:25
Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 19:25 · retained source text

Hast thou not heard long agoe, how I haue done it, and of ancient times that I haue formed it? now haue I brought it to passe, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heapes.

1611 marginal noteOr, hast thou not heard how I haue made it long agoe, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laide waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heapes?

Isaiah 17:1
THE burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 17:1 · retained source text

¶ The burden of Damascus: Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a citie, and it shalbe a ruinous heape.

Isaiah 37:26
Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 37:26 · retained source text

Hast thou not heard long agoe, how I haue done it, and of ancient times, that I haue formed it? now haue I brought it to passe, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heapes.

1611 marginal noteOr, Hast thou not heard how I haue made it long agoe, and formed it of ancient times? Should I now bring it to be laide waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heapes?

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