{You killed your brother,} and the ground opened up to take his blood from your hands. So now, I will cause bad things to happen to that ground.
Hebrews 6:8 - Easy To Read Version But if that land grows thorns and weeds, it is worthless. That land is in danger that it will be cursed by God. And that land will be destroyed by fire. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if [that same soil] persistently bears thorns and thistles, it is considered worthless and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned. [Gen. 3:17, 18.] American Standard Version (1901) but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned. Common English Bible But if it produces thorns and thistles, it’s useless and close to being cursed. It ends up being burned. Catholic Public Domain Version But whatever brings forth thorns and briers is rejected, and is closest to what is accursed; their consummation is in combustion. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But that which bringeth forth thorns and briers, is reprobate, and very near unto a curse, whose end is to be burnt. |
{You killed your brother,} and the ground opened up to take his blood from your hands. So now, I will cause bad things to happen to that ground.
Lamech named his son Noah. [36] Lamech said, “We work very hard as farmers because God cursed the ground. But Noah will bring us rest.”
If a person touches them, it hurts like a spear made of wood and iron. {Yes, those people are like thorns.} They will be thrown in the fire, and they will be completely burned!
If I ever did any of those bad things,\par then let thorns and weeds\par grow in my fields\par instead of wheat and barley {\cf2\super [68]} !”\par
God changed the fertile land\par and it became worthless salty land.\par Why? Because of the bad people\par who were living in that place.\par
I am not angry.\par But if there is war and someone builds\par a wall of thorn bushes, {\cf2\super [249]} \par then I will march to it and burn it.\par
Those people are like a bush in a desert.\par That bush is in a land where no people live.\par That bush is in a hot and dry land.\par That bush is in a bad soil.\par That bush does not know\par about the good things that God can give.\par
Then the Lord could not be patient with you any longer. The Lord hated the terrible things you did. So the Lord made your country an empty desert. No person lives there now. Other people say bad things about that country.
Say to the Negev Forest, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord. The Lord my Master said these things: Look, I am ready to start a fire in your forest. The fire will destroy every green tree and every dry tree. The flame that burns won’t be put out. All the land from south to north will be burned by the fire.
“That time of judgment is coming. It will be like a hot furnace. All those proud people will be punished. All those evil people will burn like straw. At that time, they will be like a bush burning in the fire—and there will not be a branch or root left.” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.
“Then the king will say to those bad people on his left, ‘Go away from me. God has already decided that you will be punished. Go into the fire that burns forever. That fire was prepared for the devil and his angels.
The ax is now ready to cut down the trees. {\cf2\super [40]} Every tree that does not make good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Every tree that does not make good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
So Jesus said to the tree, “People will never eat fruit from you again.” Jesus’ followers heard him say this.
Peter remembered the tree and said to Jesus, “Teacher, look! Yesterday, you told that fig tree to die. Now it is dry and dead!”
If a person does not continue in me, then he is like a branch that is thrown away. That branch dies. People pick up dead branches, throw them into the fire, and burn them.
The Lord became very angry and upset at them. So he took them out of their land. He put them in another land, where they are today.’
If we continue sinning, all we have is fear in waiting for the judgment and the angry fire that will destroy all people who live against God.
You remember that after Esau did this, he wanted to get his father’s blessing. Esau wanted that blessing so much that he cried. But his father refused to give him the blessing, because Esau could find no way to change the thing he had done.
And if a person’s name was not found written in the book of life, then that person was thrown into the lake of fire.