Thematic Bible: Often destroyed
Thematic Bible
Fruits » Often destroyed » By locusts, &c
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field and shalt gather but little in, for the locust shall consume it. Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worms shall eat them.
Fruits » Often destroyed » In God's anger
Therefore thus hath the Lord GOD said: Behold, my anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man and upon beast and upon the trees of the field and upon the fruit of the ground, and it shall burn and shall not be quenched.
Fruits » Often destroyed » By enemies
behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee and pitch their tents in thee; they shall eat thy plantings, and they shall drink thy milk.
Fruits » Often destroyed » By drought
Therefore the rain of the heavens over you is held back, and the earth has held back her fruits.
Fruits » Often destroyed » By blight
The vine has dried up, and the fig tree has perished; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, have withered: therefore joy has withered away from the sons of men.