They will say , This is , then , a ruinous return !

They will say , This is , then , a ruinous return !

But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger , so We seized him with a ruinous seizure .

It was the first time since their ruinous wartime defeat that Germans were able to feel proud of themselves.

The Israeli government and Palestinian political leaders are locked in a ruinous struggle, which merely aids extremists on both sides.

The burden of Damascus Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Nearly 120 years ago, Winston Churchill described the futility of warfare in the region Financially it is ruinous. Morally it is wicked.

Seeds and livestock, supplied or donated from abroad, do not yield as expected the imported cattle suffer from diseases and this is ruinous.

Meat requisitioning was particularly alarming and ruinous for the Kazakhs, said Omarbekov, who has been researching the famine for a quarter of a century.

And We rained down on them a shower ( of stones ) . How ruinous was the rain that fell on those who had been warned ( but warned in vain ) !

And We rained down on them a shower ( of stones ) . How ruinous was the rain that fell on those who had been warned ( but warned in vain ) !

But there remain about 54 million individuals who are not formally insured, and some insured individuals still face the risk of financially ruinous medical costs if they have very expensive medical treatment.

This would not be achieved, however, through an inevitably imperfect sanctions regime, or by America s resort to Cold War logic aimed at breaking Iran s backbone by drawing it into a ruinous arms race.

But, although Hezbollah s preparations are likely to ensure its survival, it would be hard pressed to justify to the Lebanese public a strategy that led to two ruinous wars in the span of five years.

As Putin has stressed in several speeches, he believes that the Soviet Union, by focusing on an economically ruinous arms race with the US, fought the wrong battle against the West during the Cold War.

Moreover, the pro independence movement had consistently pressed for Puerto Rico's demilitarization and drawn attention to the ruinous impact of the United States military presence on the environment, public health and economy of nearby communities.

Haven't you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Now have I brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to destroy fortified cities, turning them into ruinous heaps.

Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

His is a rather sober reading of reality the austerity plan has become a highway to social hell for his countrymen, and would likely condemn Greece to long years of ruinous depression within a permanent debt trap, and possibly to a breakdown of democracy.

The deal between Greece and its creditors, for example, has been compared to the Treaty of Versailles, with the Greeks forced to accept ruinous terms of surrender. But economic depression, however difficult, is not war, and the position of today s Greece cannot compare to that of the defeated Germans in 1918.

The Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz once called war a serious means to a serious end. The same is true of a policy of regime change, as evidenced by the ruinous state of Syria today and the millions of people seeking refuge in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and Western Europe.

Bailouts become more expensive and as in the case of Iceland may actually be unaffordable. Even when, as in the UK, the cost of losses is not completely ruinous, the direct damage to domestic credit and to broader confidence can be enough to hold back the economy for a half decade or more.

We don t know Especially in the shadow of the ruinous struggle between the Ramallah union and the Gaza government The extension of the strike from one day to another, and the threat of salary cuts, just increases the taunting, and perfects the twisting of arms, and is nothing more than a development of the methods of wounding and defaming others. And us?