Psalms 107:34
fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the sin of the people.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
In Context
33He turns streams into a wilderness, springs of water into thirsty land,
35A desert he makes pools of water, a land of drought into springs of water.
Cross References
Genesis 13:10Then Lot looked about and saw that all the plain of the Jordan, as far as Zoar, was well watered everywhere, like a garden of the Lord. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 14:3All these joined forces together in the valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea).
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 →