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
For the mountains I lift up weeping and wailing, And for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, For they have been burnt up without any passing over, Nor have they heard the voice of cattle, From the fowl of the heavens unto the beast they have fled, they have gone.
Jeremiah 14:2
Mourned hath Judah, and her gates have languished, They have mourned to the earth, And the cry of Jerusalem hath gone up.
Jeremiah 23:10
For of adulterers hath the land been full, For because of these hath the land mourned, Dried up hath been the pleasant places of the wilderness, And their course is evil, and their might -- not right.
The herbs
Psalm 107:34
A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.
Joel 1:10
Spoiled is the field, mourned hath the ground, For spoiled is the corn, Dried up hath been new wine, languish doth oil.
The beasts
Jeremiah 4:25
I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.
Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah, Lo, Mine anger and My fury is poured out on this place, On man, and beast, and on tree of the field, And on fruit of the ground, And it hath burned, and it is not quenched.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore mourn doth the land, And weak is every dweller in it, With the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the fishes of the sea -- they are removed.
Habakkuk 3:17
Though the fig-tree doth not flourish, And there is no produce among vines, Failed hath the work of the olive, And fields have not yielded food, Cut off from the fold hath been the flock, And there is no herd in the stalls.
Romans 8:22
for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.
He
Jeremiah 5:13
And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,' -- thus it is done by them.
Psalm 50:21
These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.
Ezekiel 7:2
An end, come hath the end on the four corners of the land.
General references
Genesis 7:21
and expire doth all flesh that is moving on the earth, among fowl, and among cattle, and among beasts, and among all the teeming things which are teeming on the earth, and all mankind;
Joel 1:18
How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also droves of sheep have been desolated.