Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
The herbs
The beasts
General references
Bible References
Long
Jeremiah 9:10
I will cry and weep for the mountains. I will sing a funeral song for the pastures in the wilderness. They are destroyed so that no one can travel through them. No one can hear the sound of cattle. Birds and cattle have fled. They are gone.
Jeremiah 14:2
Judah mourns and its gates collapse. The people of Judah are filled with bereavement as they sit on the ground. Their cry goes up from Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 23:10
The land is full of adulterers! The land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil and their might is not right.
The herbs
Psalm 107:34
and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there.
Joel 1:10
The field is laid waste, the land mourns. The grain is destroyed, the new wine dried up, the oil fails.
The beasts
Jeremiah 4:25
I see that there are no people, and every bird has flown away.
Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore the Lord Jehovah says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. It will burn and not be quenched.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore the land will mourn. All the inhabitants are weak. The beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea will also perish.
Habakkuk 3:17
The fig tree will not flourish. There will be no fruit on the vines. The labor of the olive will fail and the fields will yield no food! The flock will be cut off from the fold and there will be no herd in the stalls.
Romans 8:22
For we know that the whole creation groans and is in pain together until now.
He
Jeremiah 5:13
The prophets are as wind! The word is not in them. Thus it will be done to them!
Psalm 50:21
When you did these things, I remained silent. That made you think I was like you. I will argue my point with you and lay it all out for you to see.
Ezekiel 7:2
Son of man, the Lord Jehovah says to the land of Israel: 'The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
General references
Genesis 7:21
Every living thing that moved on the earth perished: birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.
Joel 1:18
How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle wander about because they have no pasture. The flocks of sheep suffer.