161 verses contain “Waste” (in the KJV: 107, in the BSB: 77) — showing 1–100
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And I will make your cities
waste, and bring your
sanctuaries unto
desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
I will reduce your cities to
rubble and lay
waste your
sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing
aroma of your sacrifices.
And I will bring the land into
desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be
astonished at it.
And I will lay
waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be
appalled.
And I will
scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be
desolate, and your cities
waste.
But I will
scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes
desolate and your cities are laid
waste.
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the
iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
Those of you who
survive in the lands of your enemies will
waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.
And your children shall
wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be
wasted in the wilderness.
Your children will be
shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of
Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of
Pisgah overlooks the
wasteland.
We have shot at them;
Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them
waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
But we have overthrown them;
Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We
demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
And Balak brought
Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
And Balak took
Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the
wasteland.
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be
wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away
captive.
Yet
Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you
captive.”
And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the
brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were
wasted out from among the host, as the LORD
sware unto them.
The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the
Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had
sworn to them.
And that the whole land thereof is
brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of
Sodom, and
Gomorrah, Admah, and
Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
All its soil will be a burning
waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of
Sodom and
Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
He found him in a desert land, and in the
waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he
instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
He found him in a desert land, in a barren,
howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He
instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
They shall be burnt with hunger, and
devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
They will be
wasted from hunger and
ravaged by
pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the
venom of vipers that
slither in the dust.
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not
waste, neither shall the
cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The
jar of flour will not be exhausted and the
jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
And the barrel of meal
wasted not, neither did the
cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by
Elijah.
The
jar of flour was not exhausted and the
jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through
Elijah.
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.
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.
Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I
planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should
crush fortified cities into piles of
rubble.
Also I will
ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness
waste them any more, as at the beginning,
And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness
oppress them as they did at the beginning
And it came to pass, that after the year was
expired, at the time that kings go out to battle,
Joab led forth the power of the army, and
wasted the country of the children of
Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David
tarried at Jerusalem. And
Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war,
Joab led out the army and
ravaged the land of the
Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And
Joab attacked Rabbah and
demolished it.
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be
sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’
sepulchres, lieth
waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
and replied to the king, “May the king live
forever! Why should I not be
sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to
wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them
wander in a
trackless wasteland.
And he, as a
rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is
moth eaten.
So man
wastes away like something
rotten, like a
moth-eaten garment.
But man dieth, and
wasteth away:
yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
Behold, as wild
asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising
betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Indeed, like wild
donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work
foraging for food; the
wasteland is food for their children.
For want and famine they were solitary;
fleeing into the wilderness in former time
desolate and
waste.
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
His flesh
wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones
protrude.
To satisfy the
desolate and
waste ground; and to cause the
bud of the tender
herb to spring forth?
to satisfy the
parched wasteland and make it
sprout with tender grass?
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou
didst march through the wilderness;
Selah:
O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the
wasteland,
Selah How are they brought into
desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
For they have
devoured Jacob, and laid
waste his dwelling place.
The
boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
Nor for the
pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that
wasteth at
noonday.
They
wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
Some
wandered in desert
wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to
wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them
wander in a
trackless wasteland.
The wicked shall see it, and be
grieved; he shall
gnash with his teeth, and
melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
The wicked man will see and be
grieved; he will
gnash his teeth and
waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
For there they that carried us away
captive required of us a song; and they that
wasted us required of us
mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of
Zion.
for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of
Zion.”
He also that is
slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great
waster.
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
The
morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou
vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
You will
vomit up what little you have eaten and
waste your pleasant words.
And I will lay it
waste: it shall not be
pruned, nor
digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
I will make it a
wasteland, neither
pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Lambs will
graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be
wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly
desolate,
Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is
desolate and
ravaged,
For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be
forsaken of both her kings.
For before the boy knows enough to
reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you
dread will be laid
waste.
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is
devastated, destroyed in a night!
And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax
lean.
“In that day the
splendor of Jacob will
fade, and the fat of his body will
waste away,
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be
parched and empty.
The burden of Tyre.
Howl, ye ships of
Tarshish; for it is laid
waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of
Chittim it is revealed to them.
This is the burden against Tyre:
Wail, O ships of
Tarshish, for Tyre is laid
waste, without house or
harbor. Word has reached them from the land of
Cyprus.
Howl, ye ships of
Tarshish: for your strength is laid
waste.
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it
waste, and turneth it
upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Behold, the LORD lays
waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and
scatter its inhabitants—
The land shall be utterly
emptied, and utterly
spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
The earth will be utterly laid
waste and thoroughly
plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the
haughty people of the earth do
languish.
The earth mourns and
withers; the world languishes and fades; the
exalted of the earth
waste away.
The
highways lie
waste, the
wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath
despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
The
highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are
despised, and human life is disregarded.
It shall not be
quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie
waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
It will not be
quenched—day or night. Its smoke will
ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie
desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.
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.
Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I
planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should
crush fortified cities into piles of
rubble.
I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
I will lay
waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and
drain the marshes.
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
Thy children shall make
haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee
waste shall go forth of thee.
Your builders
hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.
For thy
waste and thy
desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that
swallowed thee up shall be far away.
For your ruined and
desolate places and your
ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who
devoured you will be far away.
For the LORD shall comfort
Zion: he will comfort all her
waste places; and he will make her wilderness like
Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and
gladness shall be found therein,
thanksgiving, and the voice of
melody.
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
Behold, I have created the
craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to
wreak havoc.
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish;
yea, those nations shall be utterly
wasted.
For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long
devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
Thy holy cities are a wilderness,
Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a
desolation.
Your holy cities have become a wilderness.
Zion has become a
wasteland and Jerusalem a
desolation.
Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was
dear to us lies in ruins.
The young lions
roared upon him, and
yelled, and they made his land
waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
The young lions have
roared at him; they have
growled with a loud voice. They have laid
waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
The lion is come up from his
thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land
desolate; and thy cities shall be laid
waste, without an inhabitant.
A lion has gone up from his
thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his
lair to lay
waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
Destruction upon destruction is
cried; for the whole land is
spoiled: suddenly are my tents
spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
Disaster after
disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid
waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of
mirth, and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the
bridegroom, and the voice of the
bride: for the land shall be
desolate.
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and
gladness and the voices of the
bride and
bridegroom, for the land will become a
wasteland.”
Many pastors have destroyed my
vineyard, they have
trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a
desolate wilderness.
They have made it
desolate, and being
desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made
desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
They have made it a
desolation;
desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid
waste, but no man takes it to heart.
And this whole land shall be a
desolation, and an
astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
And this whole land will become a
desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid
waste?
Do not
listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?
Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be
desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are
desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again
Wherefore my
fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was
kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are
wasted and
desolate, as at this day.
Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the
desolate ruin they are
today.
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish
thyself to go into captivity: for
Noph shall be
waste and
desolate without an inhabitant.
Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For
Memphis will be laid
waste, destroyed and uninhabited.
Give wings unto Moab, that it may
flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be
desolate, without any to dwell therein.
Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid
waste; her cities will become
desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
For I have
sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that
Bozrah shall become a
desolation, a reproach, a
waste, and a
curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual
wastes.
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and
devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD.
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in
Zion, and hath
despised in the
indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
He has laid
waste His tabernacle like a garden
booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made
Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has
despised both king and priest.
The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of
Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the
rampart and the wall to
lament; they
languished together.
The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of
Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls
lament; together they
waste away.
They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away,
stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid
waste, and the high places shall be
desolate; that your altars may be laid
waste and made
desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
Wherever you live, the cities will be laid
waste and the high places will be
demolished, so that your altars will be laid
waste and
desecrated, your idols
smashed and
obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works
blotted out.
So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land
desolate,
yea, more
desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a
desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid
waste, and the land shall be
desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
The inhabited cities will be laid
waste, and the land will become
desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your
shoes upon your feet: ye shall not
mourn nor
weep; but ye shall pine away for your
iniquities, and
mourn one toward another.
Your turbans will remain on your heads and your
sandals on your feet. You will not
mourn or
weep, but you will
waste away because of your sins, and you will
groan among
yourselves.
And say unto the
Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst,
Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was
profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was
desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;
Tell the
Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you
exclaimed, “
Aha!” when My sanctuary was
profaned, when the land of Israel was laid
waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon
Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it
desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against
Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a
wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem,
Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be
replenished, now she is laid
waste:
“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘
Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has
swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’
And the land of Egypt shall be
desolate and
waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.
The land of Egypt will become a
desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’
Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly
waste and
desolate, from the tower of
Syene even unto the border of
Ethiopia.
therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a
desolate wasteland from
Migdol to
Syene, and as far as the border of
Cush.
And I will make the land of Egypt
desolate in the midst of the countries that are
desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid
waste shall be
desolate forty years: and I will
scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will
disperse them through the countries.
I will make the land of Egypt a
desolation among
desolate lands, and her cities will lie
desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will
disperse the Egyptians among the nations and
scatter them throughout the countries.
And they shall be
desolate in the midst of the countries that are
desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are
wasted.
They will be
desolate among
desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.
And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring
desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.