Jeremiah 17:6

Easy To Read Version

Those people are like a bush in a desert.\par That bush is in a land where no people live.\par That bush is in a hot and dry land.\par That bush is in a bad soil.\par That bush does not know\par about the good things that God can give.\par

Cross References

2 Kings 7:2

Then the officer that was close to the king [76] answered the man of God [77] (Elisha). The officer said, “Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, this could not happen!”

Job 20:17

Then the evil person won’t enjoy\par seeing the rivers that flow\par with honey and cream.\par

Job 39:6

I (God) let the wild donkey\par have the desert for a home.\par I gave the salt lands to them\par for a place to live.\par

Psalm 1:4

But bad people are not like that.\par Bad people are like chaff {\cf2\super [2]} \par that the wind blows away.\par

Psalm 107:34

God changed the fertile land\par and it became worthless salty land.\par Why? Because of the bad people\par who were living in that place.\par

Psalm 92:7

Wicked people live and die like weeds.\par And the worthless things they do\par will be destroyed forever.\par

Jeremiah 29:32

Because Shemaiah has done that, this is what the Lord says: I will soon punish Shemaiah, the man from the Nehelam family. I will completely destroy his family. And he will not share in the good things I will do for my people.’” This message is from the Lord. “‘I will punish Shemaiah because he has taught the people to turn against the Lord.’”

Jeremiah 48:6

Run away! Run for your lives!\par Run away like a tumbleweed {\cf2\super [378]} \par \{blowing\} through the desert.\par

Ezekiel 47:11

But the swamps and small areas of wet land will not become fresh. They will be left for salt.

Zephaniah 2:9

So, as sure as I am alive, Moab and the people of Ammon will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah. {\cf2\super [17]} I am the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel. And I promise those countries will be completely destroyed forever. Their land will be overgrown with weeds. Their land will be like the land covered with salt by the Dead Sea. The survivors of my people will take that land and all the things left in it.”

Deuteronomy 29:23

All the land will be useless—destroyed by burning sulfur and covered with salt. The land will have nothing planted in it. Nothing will be growing—not even weeds. The land will be destroyed like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, the cities the Lord destroyed when he was very angry.

Judges 9:45

Abimelech and his men fought against the city of Shechem all that day. Abimelech and his men captured the city of Shechem and killed the people of that city. Then Abimelech tore down the city and threw salt over the ruins.