Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Bible References

A fruitful

Genesis 13:10
Lot looked out and saw that the entire Jordan Valley as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden and the land of Egypt. This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Genesis 19:25
He demolished these cities, the entire plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and whatever grew on the ground.
Deuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown, producing nothing, with no plant growing on it, just like the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord demolished in His fierce anger.
Isaiah 32:13
for the ground of my people
growing thorns and briers,
indeed, for every joyous house in the joyful city.

Barrenness

Genesis 14:3
All of these came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea).
Ezekiel 47:11
Yet its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be left for salt.

General references

Genesis 19:25
He demolished these cities, the entire plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and whatever grew on the ground.
Isaiah 42:15
I will lay waste mountains and hills
and dry up all their vegetation.
I will turn rivers into islands
and dry up marshes.
Jeremiah 5:25
Your guilty acts have diverted these things from you.
Your sins have withheld My bounty from you,

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