# waste, wasteland #

## Definition: ##

To waste something means to carelessly throw it away or to use it unwisely. Something that is a  "wasteland" or a "waste" refers to land or a city that has been destroyed so that nothing lives in it anymore. 

* The term "waste away" is an expression that means to become more and more sick or ruined. A person who is wasting away usually becomes very thin due to illness or lack of food.
* To "lay waste" to a city or land means to destroy it.
* Another word for a "wasteland" could be "desert" or "wilderness." But a wasteland also implies that people used to live there and the land used to have trees and plants that produced food.

## Bible References: ##

* [Ezekiel 06:6-7](en/tn/ezk/help/06/06)
* [Leviticus 26:37-39](en/tn/lev/help/26/37)
* [Matthew 26:6-9](en/tn/mat/help/26/06)
* [Revelation 18:15-17](en/tn/rev/help/18/15)
* [Zechariah 07:13-14](en/tn/zec/help/07/13)