Jeremiah 50:13

¹³ Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

Isaiah 44:27

²⁷ That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

'To put' has reference to order, arrangement, application, and influx.