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

And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all

and your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield its increase, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

And thy sky that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

For the creation was made subject to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it in hope.

A fugitive

Behold, thou have driven me out this day from the face of the ground, and I shall be hid from thy face, and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. And it shall come to pass, that whoever finds me shall slay me.

And as for those who are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies. And the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as a man flees from the sword, and they shall fall w

And among these nations thou shall find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot, but LORD will give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul.

Let his sons be vagabonds, and beg, and let them seek out of their desolate places.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, LORD has not called thy name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.

My God will cast them away because they did not hearken to him, and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

General references

Let his sons be vagabonds, and beg, and let them seek out of their desolate places.