This is the first occurrence of the words ^abomination^ and ^desolation^ in the same passage.<p>It lays out the basic understanding of the phrase: AbominationThatMakesDesolate.<p>Specifically, it connects gross wickedness (abominations) with the extreme destruction (desolation) of a people, their culture, their government and, ultimately, their sovereignty.<p>That which was once glorious has become an astonishment to those who observe its fall from grandeur to nothingness.