Psalms 107:34
A fruitful land into a salty waste, for the wickedness of those that dwell therein.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
In Context
33He changeth rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into parched ground;
35He changeth the wilderness into a pool of water, and desert land into water-springs.
Cross References
Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere; before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [it was] like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, till thou comest unto Zoar.
Genesis 14:3All these joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is now the salt sea.
Deuteronomy 29:23(29:22) [That] the whole soil thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning waste, which is not sown, and beareth not, and in which no kind of grass springeth up, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboyim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:—
Isaiah 32:13Upon the soil of my people thorns and briers shall come up; yea, upon all the houses of joy of the gladsome town.
Jeremiah 12:4How long shall the land mourn, and the herb of all the field wither? Because of the wickedness of those that dwell therein are wholly removed the beasts and the birds; because they said, He will not see our last end.
Ezekiel 47:11But its swamps and its lagoons shall not be healed, for [the production of] salt are they destined.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:34-43
Wonders of Divine Providence. 33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. 35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. 36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and… Read the whole commentary →