Jeremiah 17:6

The Passion Translation

That person is like a desert tumbleweed in a dry and dusty desert, in a rocky wilderness without inhabitant. Even when goodness is all around him, he won’t experience it.

Cross References

Psalm 1:4

But how different are the wicked. They are like chaff blown away by the wind.

Jeremiah 48:6

The people of Moab shout, ‘Flee for your lives and be like a lonely shrub in the desert.’

Judges 9:45

Abimelech fought hard all day at the gate of Shechem until he had captured the city. He massacred all its people, leveled the city to rubble, and scattered salt over it.

Ezekiel 47:11

However, its swamps and marshes will not become healed but will be left for salt.

Isaiah 1:30

You will be like an oak tree with faded, fallen leaves and like a withered, waterless garden.

Psalm 92:7

It’s true the wicked flourish, but only for a moment; they foolishly forget their destiny with death, that they will all one day be destroyed forevermore.

Psalm 107:34

Or he can take a fruitful land and make it into a saltwater swamp, all because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.

Jeremiah 29:32

He has even stirred up rebellion against me. Therefore, I will punish Shemaiah. He and his descendants will not live to see the good things I will do for my people. I, Yahweh, have spoken.”