Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4923
מְשַׁמָּה
me.sham.mah · “devastation”
Used 7 times across 3 books
Definition
1) devastation, horror
1a) devastation, waste
1b) horror
1a) devastation, waste
1b) horror
Where it appears
Isaiah1
Jeremiah1
Ezekiel5
In the text
Isaiah 15:6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.Jeremiah 48:34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.Ezekiel 5:15So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.Ezekiel 6:14So 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.Ezekiel 33:28For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.Ezekiel 33:29Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.Ezekiel 35:3And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
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