Genesis 4:12

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Summary

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

It

A fugitive

General references

Psalm 109:10

Bible References

It

Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;

Cursed is the ground because of you;

In toil you will eat of it

All the days of your life.

Your strength will be spent uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.

The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron.

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope

A fugitive

Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

As for those of you who may be left, I will also bring weakness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. And the sound of a driven leaf will chase them, and even when no one is pursuing they will flee as though from the sword, and they will fall.

Among those nations you shall find no rest, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.

Let his children wander about and beg;
And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.

On the next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “Pashhur is not the name the Lord has called you, but rather

Magor-missabib.

My God will cast them away
Because they have not listened to Him;
And they will be wanderers among the nations.

General references

Let his children wander about and beg;
And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.