Jeremiah 12:4
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds, because they said, He shall not see our latter end.
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Psalms 107:34a fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.
Isaiah 24:6Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Jeremiah 4:28For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be black, because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not relented, nor will I turn back from it.
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means. And my people love to have it so. And what will ye do in the end thereof?
Jeremiah 9:9Shall I not visit them for these things? says LORD. Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 14:2Judah mourns, and the gates thereof languish. They sit in black upon the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 12:2-7
The Prophet's Appeal to God. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Righteous art thou, O Lord , when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. 3 But thou, O Lord , knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the… Read the whole commentary →