Psalms 107:34
A Land of Fruit, into a waste of salt, For the wickedness of them who dwell therein.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
In Context
33He turneth Rivers into a desert, and, Springs of Water, into thirsty ground,
35He turneth A Desert, into a pool of water, and, A Parched Land into springs of water;
Cross References
Genesis 13:10So Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the circuit of the Jordan, that the whole of it, was well-watered,—before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the Garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as thou enterest into Zoar.
Genesis 14:3All these, joined together in the valley of the open fields, the same, is the Salt Sea.
Deuteronomy 29:23brimstone and salt burning up all the land thereof, it shall not be sown neither shall it shoot forth neither shall there come up thereon any herbage,—like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrow in his anger and in his wrath:
Isaiah 32:13Over the soil of my people, thorns and briars shall grow,—Yea over all houses of joy, thou city exultant!
Jeremiah 12:4How long, shall the land mourn, And, the herbage of the whole field, wither? For the wickedness of them that dwell therein, beast and bird, have perished, For say they, He will not see our latter end!
Ezekiel 47:11the swamps thereof and the pools thereof, shall not be healed to salt, have they been given up.
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 →