Job
For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Psalms
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
Proverbs
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Isaiah
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Ezekiel
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
Zephaniah
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,