Jeremiah 12:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

How long will the ground be dry and the pasture lands parched? The birds and animals are dead and gone. And all this happened because the people are so sinful. They even boast, “God can't see the sins we commit.”

Cross References

Psalm 107:34

flowing streams into scorched land, and fruitful fields into beds of salt.

Psalm 50:21

When you did all this, I didn't say a word, and you thought, “God is just like us!” But now I will accuse you.

Isaiah 24:4

The earth wilts away; its mighty leaders melt to nothing.

Isaiah 24:6

The earth is under a curse; its people are dying out because of their sins.

Jeremiah 12:11

Every field I see lies barren, and no one cares.

Jeremiah 14:2

Judah and Jerusalem weep as the land dries up.

Jeremiah 23:10

Those unfaithful prophets misuse their power all over the country. So God turned the pasture lands into scorching deserts.

Jeremiah 4:25

no people could be seen, and all the birds had flown away.

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you—my own people— like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?

Jeremiah 7:20

And now, I, the LORD All-Powerful, will flood Judah with my fiery anger until nothing is left—no people or animals, no trees or crops.

Jeremiah 9:10

I weep for the pasture land in the hill country. It's so barren and scorched that no one travels there. No cattle can be found there, and birds and wild animals have all disappeared.

Jeremiah 9:9

Give me one good reason not to punish them as they deserve. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken.

Hosea 4:3

And so your land is a desert. Every living creature is dying— people and wild animals, birds and fish.

Joel 1:18

Our cattle wander aimlessly, moaning for lack of pasture, and sheep are suffering.

Amos 1:2

and I said: When the LORD roars from Jerusalem, pasture lands and Mount Carmel dry up and turn brown.

Habakkuk 3:17

Fig trees may no longer bloom, or vineyards produce grapes; olive trees may be fruitless, and harvest time a failure; sheep pens may be empty, and cattle stalls vacant—

Zechariah 1:12

At this, the angel said, “LORD All-Powerful, for seventy years you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. When are you ever going to have mercy on them?”

Romans 8:22

We know that all creation is still groaning and is in pain, like a woman about to give birth.