Definition and Usage:
The term "ravage" refers to the act of causing severe and extensive damage or destruction. In a biblical context, it often describes the devastation brought upon lands, cities, or peoples as a result of divine judgment, warfare, or moral decay. The concept of ravage is closely associated with themes of judgment, punishment, and the consequences of sin.

Biblical References:
While the specific term "ravage" may not frequently appear in the Berean Standard Bible, the concept is vividly illustrated throughout Scripture. The Bible often depicts God allowing or directly causing destruction as a response to the disobedience and sinfulness of His people or their enemies.

1. Divine Judgment:
The prophets frequently warned of impending destruction as a result of Israel's unfaithfulness. For instance, in the book of Isaiah, the prophet speaks of the desolation that will come upon the land due to the people's rebellion against God. Isaiah 1:7 states, "Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you, a desolation demolished by strangers."

2. Warfare and Conquest:
The Bible recounts numerous instances where nations are ravaged by war. The conquest of Canaan, as described in the book of Joshua, involved the destruction of cities and peoples as the Israelites took possession of the Promised Land. Joshua 6:21 describes the fall of Jericho: "At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys."

3. Moral and Spiritual Decay:
The ravaging of a nation is not always physical; it can also be spiritual. The book of Hosea uses the imagery of a ravaged land to describe Israel's spiritual adultery and the resulting judgment. Hosea 4:3 declares, "Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear."

4. Restoration and Hope:
Despite the devastation, the Bible also speaks of God's promise to restore and heal the land and its people. The book of Joel, after describing a locust plague that ravaged the land, offers hope for restoration. Joel 2:25 promises, "I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you."

Theological Implications:
The concept of ravage in the Bible serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of sin and disobedience. It underscores the holiness and justice of God, who cannot tolerate sin indefinitely. However, it also highlights God's mercy and faithfulness, as He often provides a path to repentance and restoration for those who turn back to Him. The biblical narrative of ravage and restoration ultimately points to the redemptive work of Christ, who offers healing and renewal to a world ravaged by sin.1. (v.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.

2. (n.) Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time.

4199. portheo -- to destroy
... Speech: Verb Transliteration: portheo Phonetic Spelling: (por-theh'-o) Short Definition:
I lay waste, destroy Definition: I lay waste, destroy, ravage, harass. ...
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3075. lumainomai -- to outrage, to corrupt
... to outrage, to corrupt. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: lumainomai Phonetic
Spelling: (loo-mah'-ee-nom-ahee) Short Definition: I ravage, harry, devastate ...
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4932. suntemno -- to cut in pieces
... This refers to God accomplishing His plan for the nation (land) of Israel
and its people -- for Antichrist has to ravage the Jews. ...
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7722. sho -- perhaps a ravage
... 7721, 7722. sho. 7723 . perhaps a ravage. Transliteration: sho Phonetic
Spelling: (sho) Short Definition: ravages. Word Origin from ...
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3615. kalah -- to be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished ...
... fulfill (2), languish (1), languishes (1), longed (1), make an end (1), over (1),
perish (1), perishing (1), plotted (1), put an end (2), ravage (1), settled (1 ...
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7843. shachath -- perhaps to go to ruin
... 5), destruction (2), devastate (1), felled (2), go to ruin (1), harm (2), jeopardize
(1), laid waste (1), polluted (1), raiders (2), ravage (1), ravaged (1 ...
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7701. shod -- violence, havoc, devastation, ruin
... Or showd (Job 5:21) {shode}; from shuwd; violence, ravage -- desolation, destruction,
oppression, robbery, spoil(-ed, -er, - ing), wasting. see HEBREW shuwd. ...
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7703. shadad -- to deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
... A primitive root; properly, to be burly, ie (figuratively) powerful (passively,
impregnable); by implication, to ravage -- dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber ...
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The Jews Make all Ready for the War; and Simon, the Son of Gioras ...
... the Acrabbene toparchy, Simon, the son of Gioras, got a great number of those that
were fond of innovations together, and betook himself to ravage the country ...
/.../chapter 22 the jews make.htm

The Story of St. Ursula
... "But," he said, "if Maurus will not hear your gentle words, open to him all my heart,
and tell him that I will ravage his land with fire, and slay his people ...
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The First Schism.
... west suffered horribly from the Teuton heathens, who lived in Norway and Denmark,
and who used to come down in their ships and ruin and ravage all the ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson xxx the first schism.htm

The vision
... of the trumpets, but those who were at their sounding, to let loose those winds,
now from one and now from another part of the world, to ravage and destroy the ...
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To Gregory xi
... first of the three things you ask me, I will say that I believe that our sweet Christ
on earth should do away entirely with two things which ravage the Bride ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to gregory xi.htm

Gainas Meets his Doom
... and execrated, in abject misery. Ga??nas broke up his camp, and marched
forward to ravage the lands of Thrace. But there comes to ...
/.../chapter xxxiv gainas meets his.htm

The Demoniac
... men who take pleasure in unrighteousness, in the seduction and ruin of their fellows,
in the infliction of torture and outrage, in the ravage and desolation of ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 1 23-28 the demoniac.htm

Of the Death of the Kings Egfrid and Hiothere. [684-685 AD ]
... For the very next year, when that same king had rashly led his army to ravage the
province of the Picts, greatly against the advice of his friends, and ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xxvi of the death.htm

How the Angles, Being Invited into Britain, at First Drove Off the ...
... and, seeking an occasion of quarrel, protested, that unless more plentiful supplies
were brought them, they would break the league, and ravage all the island ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xv how the angles.htm

A Glorious Alexander in the Heathen World is a Shame and Reproach ...
... But the same hero, making the same ravage from country to country with Christian
soldiers, has more thanks from the devil, than twenty pagan Alexanders would ...
/.../address 186 0 0 a glorious alexander.htm

Ravage (9 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc;
waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages ...
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Prey (105 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage. 4. (n.) To take booty;
to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence. Int. ...
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Ravaged (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Ravage. Multi-Version Concordance
Ravaged (11 Occurrences). Acts 8:3 But Saul ravaged the ...
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Sack (15 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder
of a town; devastation; ravage. 11. (vt) To plunder ...
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Wild (147 Occurrences)
... The Targum ziza', "worm," is possible in Psalm 80:13, though not probable in view
of the parallel "boar": "The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, and the ...
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Feeds (14 Occurrences)
... He eats grass as an ox. (See NIV). Psalms 80:13 The boar out of the wood doth ravage
it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it. (See NAS). ...
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Feedeth (11 Occurrences)
... DBY JPS). Psalms 80:13 The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the
wild beasts of the field feed on it. (See JPS). Proverbs 15 ...
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Foray (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular
incursion for war or spoils; a raid. 2. (vt) To pillage; to ravage. Int. ...
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Rage (43 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect;
as, the plague raged in Cairo. 8. (n.) To toy or act wantonly; to sport. ...
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Rattling (4 Occurrences)

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