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Jeremiah 12:4

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.

KJV

Usquequo lugebit terra, et herba omnis regionis siccabitur, propter malitiam habitantium in ea ? Consumptum est animal, et volucre, quoniam dixerunt : Non videbit novissima nostra.

Vulgate

ἕως πότε πενθήσει ἡ γῆ καὶ πᾶς ὁ χόρτος τοῦ ἀγροῦ ξηρανθήσεται ἀπὸ κακίας τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν αὐτῇ; ἠφανίσθησαν κτήνη καὶ πετεινά, ὅτι εἶπαν Οὐκ ὄψεται ὁ θεὸς ὁδοὺς ἡμῶν.

LXX

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.

ASV

עַד מָתַי֙ תֶּאֱבַ֣ל הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וְ/עֵ֥שֶׂב כָּל הַ/שָּׂדֶ֖ה יִיבָ֑שׁ מֵ/רָעַ֣ת יֹֽשְׁבֵי בָ֗/הּ סָפְתָ֤ה בְהֵמוֹת֙ וָ/ע֔וֹף כִּ֣י אָמְר֔וּ לֹ֥א יִרְאֶ֖ה אֶת אַחֲרִיתֵֽ/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְּהֵמָ֑ה
bhmh
noun · 189×
הֹבִ֥ישׁ
hbysh
verb · 73×
הּ
h
noun · 61×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מָתַ֖י
mty
particle · 43×
סְפ֥וֹת
spvt
verb · 20×
ע֣וֹף
'vp
noun · 71×
עֵ֣שֶׂב
'shb
noun · 33×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×
תֶּאֱבַ֣ל
t'bl
verb · 39×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 1:2 — And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
  • Amos 8:8 — Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
  • Hab 3:17 — Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and ther
  • Hos 4:3 — 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.
  • Hos 4:3 — 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.
  • Jer 4:25 — I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
  • Jer 4:25 — I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
  • Jer 4:28 — For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
  • Jer 5:31 — The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
  • Jer 7:20 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and
  • Jer 9:10 — For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear th
  • Jer 9:10 — For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear th
  • Jer 23:10 — For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
  • Joel 1:10 — The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
  • Joel 1:18 — How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
  • Ps 107:34 — A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
  • Rom 8:20 — For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
  • Rom 8:22 — For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
  • Rom 8:22 — For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
  • Zeph 1:3 — I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.