Exodus 23:29. I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
Leviticus 26:33. 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.
Joshua 8:28. And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
Isaiah 1:7. Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Isaiah 6:11. 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,
Isaiah 17:9. In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
Isaiah 62:4. Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Isaiah 64:10. Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
