Jeremiah 17:6
“For he will be like a shrub in the [parched] desert;
And shall not see prosperity when it comes,
But shall live in the rocky places of the wilderness,
In an uninhabited salt land.
Deuteronomy 29:23
‘The whole land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it; it is like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and wrath.’
Jeremiah 48:6
“Run! Save your lives,
That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.
Job 20:17
“He does not look at the rivers,
The flowing streams of honey and butter [to enjoy his wealth].
Job 39:6
To whom I gave the wilderness as his home
And the salt land as his dwelling place?
Judges 9:45
Abimelech fought against the city that entire day. He took the city and killed the people who were in it; he demolished the city and
2 Kings 7:2
Then the royal officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “If the Lord should make windows in heaven [for the rain], could this thing take place?” Elisha said, “Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but [because you doubt] you will not eat of it.”
2 Kings 7:19-20
The royal officer had answered the man of God and said, “Now behold, [even] if the Lord should make windows in heaven, could such a thing happen?” And Elisha had answered, “You will see it with your own eyes, but [because of your doubt] you will not eat it.”
Job 8:11-13
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the rushes or reed grass grow without water?
Job 15:30-34
“He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster];
The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch,
And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.
Psalm 1:4
The wicked [those who live in disobedience to God’s law] are not so,
But they are like the chaff [worthless and without substance] which the wind blows away.
Psalm 92:7
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
Psalm 129:6-8
Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
Isaiah 1:30
For you will be like an oak whose leaf withers and dies
And like a garden that has no water.
Ezekiel 47:11
But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh [and wholesome for animal life]; they will [as the river subsides] be left encrusted with salt.
Zephaniah 2:9
“Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
The God of Israel,
“
And the
A land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
And a perpetual desolation.
The remnant of My people will plunder them
And what is left of My nation will inherit them [as their own].”
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“Run! Save your lives,
That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the rushes or reed grass grow without water?
“He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster];
The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch,
And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.
The wicked [those who live in disobedience to God’s law] are not so,
But they are like the chaff [worthless and without substance] which the wind blows away.
That though the wicked sprout up like grass
And all evildoers flourish,
They will be destroyed forever.
Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
For you will be like an oak whose leaf withers and dies
And like a garden that has no water.
And shall
“He does not look at the rivers,
The flowing streams of honey and butter [to enjoy his wealth].
A salt
“Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
The God of Israel,
“
And the
A land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
And a perpetual desolation.
The remnant of My people will plunder them
And what is left of My nation will inherit them [as their own].”
General references
“While it is still green (in flower) and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant [when without water].
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.