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Ruin

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

rōō´in ( הריסה , hărı̄ṣāh , etc.; ῥῆγμα , rhḗgma ): "Ruin," the translation of hărı̄ṣāh ( Amos 9:11; compare Acts 15:16 , where the Revised Version (British and American) Greek text, tá katestramména ), and of a number of other Hebrew words: in Luke 6:49 rhēgma , "breakage," is used both in a literal sense (Isaiah 23:13; Isaiah 25:2 , of fallen buildings; Ezekiel 27:27; Ezekiel 31:13 , of a state or people; Luke 6:49 , of a house, etc.) and with a moral significance (Proverbs 26:28 ). the Revised Version margin correctly renders mikhshōl in Ezekiel 18:30 "stumblingblock" (the King James Version "ruin"), and the Revised Version (British and American) in Ezekiel 21:15 "stumblings" (the King James Version "ruins"). The Revised Version (British and American) has "ruins" for the King James Version "desolations" in Ezra 9:9 , margin "waste places"; Psalm 74:3; "in their ruins" for "with their mattocks" (2 Chronicles 34:6 , margin " 'with their axes.' The Hebrew is obscure"); "midst of the ruin" for "desolation" (Job 30:14 ); "their ruin" for "their wickedness" (Proverbs 21:12 ). "Ruinous" is the translation of mappālāh (Isaiah 17:1 ) and of nācāh (2 Kings 19:25; Isaiah 37:26 ).