ra.zi expresses a personal cry of wasting or ruin in Isaiah 24:16.

The attested use is a repeated first-person cry of wasting or ruin: in Isaiah 24:16 it stands with “Woe to me!” as the speaker responds to pervasive treacherous dealing.

1. A cry of personal wasting or ruin · dominant

   In Isaiah 24:16, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs twice in the speaker’s lament after songs of praise and before the complaint that “The treacherous deal treacherously.” The APB renders the repeated cry “Wasting to me! Wasting to me!” and places it alongside “Woe to me!”

   Isaiah 24:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 24:16, the APB presents the repeated form as “Wasting to me!” The verse is read as a whole, but its surrounding lament supports a cry of personal distress.