Jeremiah 4:26

The Passion Translation

I looked at the once fruitful land, now nothing but a desert, all its cities left in ruins before Yahweh’s burning anger.

Cross References

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.

Psalm 76:7

No wonder you are greatly feared! You are the awe-inspiring God! For who could ever stand before your face when your fierce anger burns and live to tell about it.

Jeremiah 12:13

The people planted wheat but reaped nothing but weeds. They wearied themselves for nothing. They will be disappointed by their small harvest because of the burning anger of Yahweh.”

Jeremiah 12:4

How much longer will the land mourn? How much longer must the birds and animals perish? Even the grass of every field withers because of the wickedness of these people! For the people boast, “God doesn’t see what happens to us.”

Jeremiah 25:11

The entire region will become a ruin, empty as a desert, and these nations will be carried off to Babylon to serve her king for seventy years.

Jeremiah 7:34

I will silence the sounds of mirth and gladness from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, the happy sounds of wedding feasts—the voice of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.’ ”

Jeremiah 9:10

I will weep and wail for the mountains and sing mournful songs for the pasturelands, for they are burned, with no one passing through. No one hears the lowing of cattle; birds and beasts of the field have fled—they are gone.

Lamentations 2:7

The Lord has rejected his own altar and disowned his sanctuary. He has given the walls of her fortresses to her enemies. When the enemy toppled Yahweh’s temple, they shouted for joy like it was a festival day.