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Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

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ASV

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

KJV

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עַל־'al-there-H5921 →
כֵּ֣ן׀ken-foreH3651 →
תֶּאֱבַ֣לte.'e.Valit will dry upH56 →
הָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
וְאֻמְלַל֙ve.'um.Laland he will witherH535 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
יוֹשֵׁ֣בyo.Shev[one who] dwellsH3427 →
בָּ֔הּBahin it
בְּחַיַּ֥תbe.chai.Yatamong [the] animal[s] ofH2416 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֖הha.sa.Dehthe fieldH7704 →
וּבְע֣וֹףu.ve.'ofand among [the] bird[s] ofH5775 →
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
וְגַם־ve.gam-and alsoH1571 →
דְּגֵ֥יde.Gei[the] fish ofH1709 →
הַיָּ֖םhai.Yamthe seaH3220 →
יֵאָסֵֽפוּ׃ye.'a.Se.futhey will be removedH622 →

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Zephaniah 1:3“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.Romans 8:20For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hopeIsaiah 24:4–12The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.Nahum 1:4He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”Ezekiel 38:20The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.Amos 5:16Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.Jeremiah 4:28Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”Jeremiah 9:10I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.Joel 1:10The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.Joel 1:18How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.Jeremiah 4:27–28For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.Isaiah 24:4The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.Isaiah 33:9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.Jeremiah 4:25I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.Amos 8:8Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.Jeremiah 21:6I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’Genesis 6:7So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

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