Psalm 107:34
A productive land into a [barren] salt waste,
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Genesis 13:10
So Lot looked and saw that the valley of the Jordan was well watered everywhere—this was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; [it was all] like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar [at the south end of the Dead Sea].
Genesis 14:3
All of these [kings] joined together [as allies] in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Sea of Salt).
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were extremely wicked and sinful against the Lord [unashamed in their open sin before Him].
Genesis 19:24-25
Then the Lord rained down brimstone (flaming sulfur) and fire on Sodom and on Gomorrah from the Lord out of heaven,
Deuteronomy 29:23-28
‘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.’
Isaiah 32:13-15
For the land of my people growing over with thorns and briars—
Yes, [mourn] for all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
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.
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A fruitful
Barrenness
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A fruitful
For the land of my people growing over with thorns and briars—
Yes, [mourn] for all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
Barrenness
General references
“I will lay waste the mountains and hills
And wither all their vegetation;
I will turn the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the ponds.
‘Your wickedness has turned these [blessings] away,
And your sins have withheld good [harvests] from you.