Jeremiah 12:4

New Living Translation

How long must this land mourn? Even the grass in the fields has withered. The wild animals and birds have disappeared because of the evil in the land. For the people have said, “The Lord doesn’t see what’s ahead for us!”

Cross References

Psalm 107:34

He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there.

Psalm 50:21

While you did all this, I remained silent, and you thought I didn’t care. But now I will rebuke you, listing all my charges against you.

Isaiah 24:4

The earth mourns and dries up, and the land wastes away and withers. Even the greatest people on earth waste away.

Isaiah 24:6

Therefore, a curse consumes the earth. Its people must pay the price for their sin. They are destroyed by fire, and only a few are left alive.

Jeremiah 12:11

They have made it an empty wasteland; I hear its mournful cry. The whole land is desolate, and no one even cares.

Jeremiah 14:2

“Judah wilts; commerce at the city gates grinds to a halt. All the people sit on the ground in mourning, and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 23:10

For the land is full of adultery, and it lies under a curse. The land itself is in mourning— its wilderness pastures are dried up. For they all do evil and abuse what power they have.

Jeremiah 4:25

I looked, and all the people were gone. All the birds of the sky had flown away.

Jeremiah 4:28

The earth will mourn and the heavens will be draped in black because of my decree against my people. I have made up my mind and will not change it.”

Jeremiah 5:13

God’s prophets are all windbags who don’t really speak for him. Let their predictions of disaster fall on themselves!’”

Jeremiah 5:31

the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. Worse yet, my people like it that way! But what will you do when the end comes?

Jeremiah 7:20

So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I will pour out my terrible fury on this place. Its people, animals, trees, and crops will be consumed by the unquenchable fire of my anger.”

Jeremiah 9:10

I will weep for the mountains and wail for the wilderness pastures. For they are desolate and empty of life; the lowing of cattle is heard no more; the birds and wild animals have all fled.

Jeremiah 9:9

Should I not punish them for this?” says the Lord. “Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?”

Hosea 4:3

That is why your land is in mourning, and everyone is wasting away. Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea are disappearing.

Joel 1:18

How the animals moan with hunger! The herds of cattle wander about confused, because they have no pasture. The flocks of sheep and goats bleat in misery.

Amos 1:2

This is what he saw and heard: “The Lord’s voice will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem! The lush pastures of the shepherds will dry up; the grass on Mount Carmel will wither and die.”

Habakkuk 3:17

Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty,

Zechariah 1:12

Upon hearing this, the angel of the Lord prayed this prayer: “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, for seventy years now you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. How long until you again show mercy to them?”

Romans 8:22

For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.