khor-baw'
feminine of 2721; properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a
desolation:--decayed place, desolate (place, -tion),
destruction, (laid) waste (place).
see Hebrew for [02721]
And I will make [05414] your cities [05892] waste [02723], and bring [08074] your sanctuaries [04720] unto desolation [08074], and I will not smell [07306] the savour [07381] of your sweet odours [05207].
And I will scatter [02219] you among the heathen [01471], and will draw out [07324] a sword [02719] after [0310] you: and your land [0776] shall be desolate [08077], and your cities [05892] waste [02723].
For we were bondmen [05650]; yet our God [0430] hath not forsaken [05800] us in our bondage [05659], but hath extended [05186] mercy [02617] unto us in the sight [06440] of the kings [04428] of Persia [06539], to give [05414] us a reviving [04241], to set up [07311] the house [01004] of our God [0430], and to repair [05975] the desolations [02723] thereof, and to give [05414] us a wall [01447] in Judah [03063] and in Jerusalem [03389].to repair: Heb. to set up
With kings [04428] and counsellors [03289] of the earth [0776], which built [01129] desolate places [02723] for themselves;
O thou enemy [0341], destructions [02723] are come to a perpetual [05331] end [08552]: and thou hast destroyed [05428] cities [05892] [06145]; their memorial [02143] is perished [06] with them [01992].O thou…: or, The destructions of the enemy are come to a perpetual end: and their cities hast thou destroyed, etc
I am like [01819] a pelican [06893] of the wilderness [04057]: I am like an owl [03563] of the desert [02723].
Let his children [01121] be continually [05128] vagabonds [05128], and beg [07592]: let them seek [01875] their bread also out of their desolate places [02723].
Then shall the lambs [03532] feed [07462] after their manner [01699], and the waste places [02723] of the fat ones [04220] shall strangers [01481] eat [0398].
That confirmeth [06965] the word [01697] of his servant [05650], and performeth [07999] the counsel [06098] of his messengers [04397]; that saith [0559] to Jerusalem [03389], Thou shalt be inhabited [03427]; and to the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], Ye shall be built [01129], and I will raise up [06965] the decayed places [02723] thereof:decayed…: Heb. wastes
And they thirsted [06770] not when he led [03212] them through the deserts [02723]: he caused the waters [04325] to flow [05140] out of the rock [06697] for them: he clave [01234] the rock [06697] also, and the waters [04325] gushed out [02100].
For thy waste [02723] and thy desolate places [08074], and the land [0776] of thy destruction [02035], shall even now be too narrow [03334] by reason of the inhabitants [03427], and they that swallowed thee up [01104] shall be far away [07368].
For the Lord [03068] shall comfort [05162] Zion [06726]: he will comfort [05162] all her waste places [02723]; and he will make [07760] her wilderness [04057] like Eden [05731], and her desert [06160] like the garden [01588] of the Lord [03068]; joy [08342] and gladness [08057] shall be found [04672] therein, thanksgiving [08426], and the voice [06963] of melody [02172].
Break forth into joy [06476], sing [07442] together [03162], ye waste places [02723] of Jerusalem [03389]: for the Lord [03068] hath comforted [05162] his people [05971], he hath redeemed [01350] Jerusalem [03389].
And they that shall be of thee shall build [01129] the old [05769] waste places [02723]: thou shalt raise up [06965] the foundations [04146] of many [01755] generations [01755]; and thou shalt be called [07121], The repairer [01443] of the breach [06556], The restorer [07725] of paths [05410] to dwell in [03427].
And they shall build [01129] the old [05769] wastes [02723], they shall raise up [06965] the former [07223] desolations [08074], and they shall repair [02318] the waste [02721] cities [05892], the desolations [08074] of many [01755] generations [01755].
Our holy [06944] and our beautiful [08597] house [01004], where our fathers [01] praised [01984] thee, is burned up [08316] with fire [0784]: and all our pleasant things [04261] are laid waste [02723].
Then will I cause to cease [07673] from the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and from the streets [02351] of Jerusalem [03389], the voice [06963] of mirth [08342], and the voice [06963] of gladness [08057], the voice [06963] of the bridegroom [02860], and the voice [06963] of the bride [03618]: for the land [0776] shall be desolate [02723].
But if ye will not hear [08085] these words [01697], I swear [07650] by myself, saith [05002] the Lord [03068], that this house [01004] shall become a desolation [02723].
Behold, I will send [07971] and take [03947] all the families [04940] of the north [06828], saith [05002] the Lord [03068], and Nebuchadrezzar [05019] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], my servant [05650], and will bring [0935] them against this land [0776], and against the inhabitants [03427] thereof, and against all these nations [01471] round about [05439], and will utterly destroy [02763] them, and make [07760] them an astonishment [08047], and an hissing [08322], and perpetual [05769] desolations [02723].
And this whole land [0776] shall be a desolation [02723], and an astonishment [08047]; and these nations [01471] shall serve [05647] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] seventy [07657] years [08141].
To wit, Jerusalem [03389], and the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and the kings [04428] thereof, and the princes [08269] thereof, to make [05414] them a desolation [02723], an astonishment [08047], an hissing [08322], and a curse [07045]; as it is this day [03117];
Hearken [08085] not unto them; serve [05647] the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and live [02421]: wherefore should this city [05892] be laid waste [02723]?
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Ye have seen [07200] all the evil [07451] that I have brought [0935] upon Jerusalem [03389], and upon all the cities [05892] of Judah [03063]; and, behold, this day [03117] they are a desolation [02723], and no man dwelleth [03427] therein,
Wherefore my fury [02534] and mine anger [0639] was poured forth [05413], and was kindled [01197] in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063] and in the streets [02351] of Jerusalem [03389]; and they are wasted [02723] and desolate [08077], as at this day [03117].
So that the Lord [03068] could [03201] no longer bear [05375], because [06440] of the evil [07455] of your doings [04611], and because [06440] of the abominations [08441] which ye have committed [06213]; therefore is your land [0776] a desolation [02723], and an astonishment [08047], and a curse [07045], without an inhabitant [03427], as at this day [03117].
For I have sworn [07650] by myself, saith [05002] the Lord [03068], that Bozrah [01224] shall become a desolation [08047], a reproach [02781], a waste [02721], and a curse [07045]; and all the cities [05892] thereof shall be perpetual [05769] wastes [02723].
Moreover I will make [05414] thee waste [02723], and a reproach [02781] among the nations [01471] that are round about [05439] thee, in the sight [05869] of all that pass by [05674].
O Israel [03478], thy prophets [05030] are like the foxes [07776] in the deserts [02723].
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069]; I will also stretch out [05186] mine hand [03027] upon Edom [0123], and will cut off [03772] man [0120] and beast [0929] from it; and I will make [05414] it desolate [02723] from Teman [08487]; and they of Dedan [01719] shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719].they…: or, they shall fall by the sword unto Dedan
When I shall bring thee down [03381] with them that descend [03381] into the pit [0953], with the people [05971] of old time [05769], and shall set [03427] thee in the low parts [08482] of the earth [0776], in places desolate [02723] of old [05769], with them that go down [03381] to the pit [0953], that thou be not inhabited [03427]; and I shall set [05414] glory [06643] in the land [0776] of the living [02416];
And the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] shall be desolate [08077] and waste [02723]; and they shall know [03045] that I am the Lord [03068]: because he hath said [0559], The river [02975] is mine, and I have made [06213] it.
Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers [02975], and I will make [05414] the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] utterly [02721] waste [02723] and desolate [08077], from the tower [04024] of Syene [05482] even unto the border [01366] of Ethiopia [03568].utterly…: Heb. wastes of wastefrom…: or, from Migdol to SyeneSyene: Heb. Seveneh
Son [01121] of man [0120], they that inhabit [03427] those wastes [02723] of the land [0127] of Israel [03478] speak [0559], saying [0559], Abraham [085] was one [0259], and he inherited [03423] the land [0776]: but we are many [07227]; the land [0776] is given [05414] us for inheritance [04181].
Say [0559] thou thus unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069]; As I live [02416], surely they that are in the wastes [02723] shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719], and him that is in the open [06440] field [07704] will I give [05414] to the beasts [02416] to be devoured [0398], and they that be in the forts [04679] and in the caves [04631] shall die [04191] of the pestilence [01698].to be…: Heb. to devour him
I will lay [07760] thy cities [05892] waste [02723], and thou shalt be desolate [08077], and thou shalt know [03045] that I am the Lord [03068].
Therefore, ye mountains [02022] of Israel [03478], hear [08085] the word [01697] of the Lord [0136] God [03069]; Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069] to the mountains [02022], and to the hills [01389], to the rivers [0650], and to the valleys [01516], to the desolate [08074] wastes [02723], and to the cities [05892] that are forsaken [05800], which became a prey [0957] and derision [03933] to the residue [07611] of the heathen [01471] that are round about [05439];rivers: or, bottoms, or, dales
And I will multiply [07235] men [0120] upon you, all the house [01004] of Israel [03478], even all of it: and the cities [05892] shall be inhabited [03427], and the wastes [02723] shall be builded [01129]:
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069]; In the day [03117] that I shall have cleansed [02891] you from all your iniquities [05771] I will also cause you to dwell [03427] in the cities [05892], and the wastes [02723] shall be builded [01129].
After many [07227] days [03117] thou shalt be visited [06485]: in the latter [0319] years [08141] thou shalt come [0935] into the land [0776] that is brought back [07725] from the sword [02719], and is gathered [06908] out of many [07227] people [05971], against the mountains [02022] of Israel [03478], which have been always [08548] waste [02723]: but it is brought forth [03318] out of the nations [05971], and they shall dwell [03427] safely [0983] all of them.
To take [07997] a spoil [07998], and to take [0962] a prey [0957]; to turn [07725] thine hand [03027] upon the desolate places [02723] that are now inhabited [03427], and upon the people [05971] that are gathered [0622] out of the nations [01471], which have gotten [06213] cattle [04735] and goods [07075], that dwell [03427] in the midst [02872] of the land [0776].To take…: Heb. To spoil the spoil, and to prey the preymidst: Heb. navel
In the first [0259] year [08141] of his reign [04427] I Daniel [01840] understood [0995] by books [05612] the number [04557] of the years [08141], whereof the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] came to Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030], that he would accomplish [04390] seventy [07657] years [08141] in the desolations [02723] of Jerusalem [03389].
Whereas Edom [0123] saith [0559], We are impoverished [07567], but we will return [07725] and build [01129] the desolate places [02723]; thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], They shall build [01129], but I will throw down [02040]; and they shall call [07121] them, The border [01366] of wickedness [07564], and, The people [05971] against whom the Lord [03068] hath indignation [02194] for [05704] ever [05769].