be in ruins वाक्य

Paddy Ashdown, leader of the small Liberal Democrat party, asked Major : " What has he got to say to farmers, to abbatoir managers, to cattle market operators, who all morning have been ringing to say : My doors are closed, my market is gone, and in two weeks my business will be in ruins.
The document continued : " In this way God's enemies will keep busy rebuilding their fortress and refurbishing their morale . . . ( They ) will at that moment find themselves in a state of extreme psychic weakness as a result of what they see all around, because the forces they were relying upon will be in ruins and total destruction ."