'Soil' in the Bible

that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground which you harvest from the land that the Lord your God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His Name (Presence).

The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it will come down on you until you are destroyed.

But the captain of the bodyguard left some of the unimportant and poorest people of the land to be vineyard workers and farmers.

Ezri the son of Chelub was in charge of those who did the work of the field, tilling the soil.

Water wears away the stones,Its floods and torrents wash away the soil of the earth,So You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.

I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power]Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,

You water its furrows abundantly,You smooth its ridges;You soften it with showers,You bless its growth.

There will be an abundance of grain in the soil on the top of the mountains;Its fruit will wave like [the cedars of] Lebanon,And those of the city will flourish like grass of the earth.

As when the one plows and breaks open the ground [and the soil scatters behind him],Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol [by the injustices of the wicked].

Good understanding wins favor [from others],But the way of the unfaithful is hard [like barren, dry soil].

“I had taken off my dress,How can I put it on again?I had washed my feet,How could I get them dirty again?

Then He will give you rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread [grain] from the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and plentiful. In that day your livestock will graze in large and roomy pastures.

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

He also took some of the seed of the land (Zedekiah, of the royal family) and planted it in fertile soil and a fruitful field; he placed it beside abundant waters and set it like a willow tree.

It was planted in good soil where water was plentiful for it to produce leaves and branches and to bear fruit, so that it might become a splendid vine.”’

Be ashamed, O farmers;Wail, O vinedressers,For the wheat and for the barley,Because the harvest of the field has perished.

This One [the Messiah] shall be our peace.When the Assyrian invades our landAnd tramples on our citadels and in our palaces,Then shall we raise against himSeven shepherds and eight princes [an overpowering force] among men.