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* If a city is “made desolate” it means that its buildings and goods have been destroyed or stolen, and its people have been killed or captured. The city becomes “empty” and “ruined.” This is similar to the meaning of “devastate” or “devastated,” but with more emphasis on the emptiness.
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* A “desolate land” or “wilderness” was often where outcasts (such as lepers) and dangerous animals lived.
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* Depending on the context, this term, when referring to a city or region, could be translated as “ruined” or “destroyed” or “laid waste” or “abandoned” or “deserted.”
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* Depending on the context, this term, when referring to a person or people group, could be translated as “” or “ruined” or “lonely and outcast” or “deserted.”
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* Depending on the context, this term, when referring to a person or people group, could be translated as “lonely and outcast” or “deserted.”
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* A “desolator” is one who causes desolation.
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(See also: [desert](../other/desert.md), [devastate](../other/devastated.md), [ruin](../other/ruin.md), [waste](../other/waste.md))
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