Psalms 107:34
A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
In Context
33He maketh rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land.
35He maketh a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters.
Cross References
Genesis 13:10And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it [is] all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar,
Genesis 14:3All these have been joined together unto the valley of Siddim, which [is] the Salt Sea;
Deuteronomy 29:23([with] brimstone and salt is the whole land burnt, it is not sown, nor doth it shoot up, nor doth there go up on it any herb, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overturned in His anger, and in His fury,) —
Isaiah 32:13Over the ground of my people thorn — brier goeth up, Surely over all houses of joy of the exulting city,
Jeremiah 12:4Till when doth the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Consumed have been beast and fowl, Because they said, 'He doth not see our latter end.'
Ezekiel 47:11Its miry and its marshy places — they are not healed; to salt they have 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 →