Jeremiah 12:4

New American Standard Bible 2020

How long is the land to mourn, And the vegetation of the countryside to dry up? Due to the wickedness of those who live in it, Animals and birds have been snatched away, Because people have said, “He will not see our final end.”

Cross References

Psalm 107:34

And a fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

Psalm 50:21

“These things you have done and I kept silent; You thought that I was just like you; I will rebuke you and present the case before your eyes.

Isaiah 24:4

The earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the exalted of the people of the earth dwindle.

Isaiah 24:6

Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left.

Jeremiah 12:11

“It has been made a desolation; Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart.

Jeremiah 14:2

“Judah mourns And her gates languish; Her people sit on the ground in mourning garments, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.

Jeremiah 23:10

For the land is full of adulterers; For the land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course is evil And their might is not right.

Jeremiah 4:25

I looked, and behold, there was no human, And all the birds of the sky had fled.

Jeremiah 4:28

“For this the earth will mourn, And the heavens above will become dark, Because I have spoken, I have purposed, And I have not changed My mind, nor will I turn from it.”

Jeremiah 5:13

“The prophets are as wind, And the word is not in them. So it will be done to them!”

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it this way! But what will you do when the end comes?

Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore this is what the Lord God says: “Behold, My anger and My wrath will be poured out on this place, on human and animal life, and on the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; and it will burn and not be quenched.”

Jeremiah 9:10

¶“I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, And for the pastures of the wilderness a song of mourning, Because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, And the sound of the livestock is not heard; Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled; they are gone.

Jeremiah 9:9

“Shall I not punish them for these things?” declares the Lord. “Shall I not avenge Myself On a nation such as this?

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land mourns, And everyone who lives in it languishes Along with the animals of the field and the birds of the sky, And even the fish of the sea disappear.

Joel 1:18

How the animals have groaned! The herds of cattle have wandered aimlessly Because there is no pasture for them; Even the flocks of sheep have suffered.

Amos 1:2

And he said, “The Lord roars from Zion, And from Jerusalem He utters His voice; And the shepherds’ pasture grounds mourn, And the summit of Carmel dries up.”

Habakkuk 3:17

Even if the fig tree does not blossom, And there is no fruit on the vines, If the yield of the olive fails, And the fields produce no food, Even if the flock disappears from the fold, And there are no cattle in the stalls,

Zechariah 1:12

Then the angel of the Lord said, “Lord of armies, how long will You take no pity on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been indignant for these seventy years?”

Romans 8:22

For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.