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Jeremiah 12:4

How 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.”

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ASV

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

KJV

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
מָתַי֙ma.Taiwhen?H4970 →
תֶּאֱבַ֣לte.'e.Valwill it dry upH56 →
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
וְעֵ֥שֶׂבve.'E.sevand [the] vegetation ofH6212 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
הַשָּׂדֶ֖הha.sa.Deh<the> fieldH7704 →
יִיבָ֑שׁyi.Vashwill it be dried upH3001 →
מֵרָעַ֣תme.ra.'Atfrom [the] evil ofH7451 →
יֹֽשְׁבֵי־yo.she.vei-[those who] dwellH3427 →
בָ֗הּVahin <the> it
סָפְתָ֤הsa.fe.Tahit has dwindled awayH5595 →
בְהֵמוֹת֙ve.he.mOtanimalsH929 →
וָע֔וֹףva.'ofand bird[s]H5775 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
אָמְר֔וּ'a.me.Rupeople have saidH559 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
יִרְאֶ֖הyir.'Ehhe will seeH7200 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אַחֲרִיתֵֽנוּ׃'a.cha.ri.Te.nuend ourH319 →

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Romans 8:20For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hopeJeremiah 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.Psalms 107:34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.Jeremiah 4:25I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.Hosea 4:3Therefore 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.Joel 1:18How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.Jeremiah 7:20Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.Romans 8:22We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused.Amos 1:2He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,Joel 1:10–17The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.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.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.Jeremiah 14:2“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.Psalms 50:21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.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.”

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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