Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'desolate' occurs 173 times in the standard works.

61 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'desolate' in the standard works and contain 35.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 24 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ezek. 36:34-36 (5 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 29:9-12 (5 in 4 verses)

Jer. 12:10-11 (4 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 35:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 33:28-29 (3 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Lev. 26:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 33:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 6:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 1:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 6:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 19:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 30:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:27 (2 in 1 verse)

Zech. 7:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 34:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 12:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 26:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 35:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)


Joel 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

 1:17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

 1:18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.




Alma 16:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 141 0 141
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 1 0 1
Lev. 5 0 5
2 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Chr. 1 0 1
Job 6 0 6
Ps. 7 0 7
Isa. 18 0 18
Jer. 31 0 31
Lam. 6 0 6
Ezek. 44 0 44
Dan. 5 0 5
Hosea 2 0 2
Joel 5 0 5
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 3 0 3
Zeph. 1 0 1
Zech. 2 0 2
Mal. 1 0 1
NT 7 0 7
BM 22 0 22
DC 1 0 1
PGP 2 0 2
TOTAL 173 0 173

Joel 1:17
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

Joel 1:18
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

Joel 2:3
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

Joel 2:20
But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

Joel 3:19
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.