Jeremiah 12:4

God's Word

How long will the land mourn? How long will the plants in every field remain dried up? The animals and the birds are dying, because people are wicked. They think that God  doesn’t know what they are doing.

Cross References

Psalm 107:34

and fertile ground into a layer of salt because of the wickedness of the people living there.

Psalm 50:21

When you did these things, I remained silent. ⌞That⌟ made you think I was like you. I will argue my point with you and lay it all out for you to see.

Isaiah 24:4

The earth dries up and withers. The world wastes away and withers. The great leaders of the earth waste away.

Isaiah 24:6

That is why a curse devours the earth, and its people are punished for their guilt. That is why those who live on the earth are burned up, and only a few people are left.

Jeremiah 12:11

They’ve left it a wasteland. Devastated, it mourns in my presence. The whole land is destroyed, but no one takes this to heart.

Jeremiah 14:2

Judah mourns; its gates fall apart. The people of Judah sit in mourning on the ground. Their cry goes up from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 23:10

The land is filled with adulterers. The land mourns because of the curse. Pastures in the wilderness have dried up. The people are evil, and they use their strength to do the wrong things.

Jeremiah 4:25

I see that there are no people, and every bird has flown away.

Jeremiah 4:28

The earth will mourn, and the sky will grow black. I have spoken, and I have planned it. I won’t change my plans, and I won’t turn back.

Jeremiah 5:13

The prophets are nothing but windbags. The Lord hasn’t spoken through them, so let what they say happen to them.”

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets prophesy lies. Priests rule under the prophets’ directions, and my people love this. But what will you do in the end?”

Jeremiah 7:20

“This is what the Almighty Lord says: My anger and fury will be poured out on this place, on humans and animals, and on trees and crops. My anger and fury will burn and not be put out.

Jeremiah 9:10

I will cry and weep for the mountains. I will sing a funeral song for the pastures in the wilderness. They are destroyed so that no one can travel through them. No one can hear the sound of cattle. Birds and cattle have fled. They are gone.

Jeremiah 9:9

I will punish them for these things, declares the Lord. I will punish this nation. I still won’t be satisfied.

Hosea 4:3

That is why the land is drying up, and everyone who lives in it is passing away. Wild animals, birds, and fish are dying.

Joel 1:18

The animals groan. Herds of cattle wander around confused. There’s no pasture for them. Even flocks of sheep are suffering.

Amos 1:2

He said: The Lord roars from Zion, and his voice thunders from Jerusalem. The pastures of the shepherds are turning brown, and the top of ⌞Mount⌟ Carmel is dried up.

Habakkuk 3:17

Even if the fig tree does not bloom and the vines have no grapes, even if the olive tree fails to produce and the fields yield no food, even if the sheep pen is empty and the stalls have no cattle—

Zechariah 1:12

Then the Messenger of the Lord said, “Lord of Armies, how much longer until you show compassion to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah? You’ve been angry with them for 70 years.”

Romans 8:22

We know that all creation has been groaning with the pains of childbirth up to the present time.