Jeremiah 12:4
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 12
“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.”Jeremiah 12:4
What Does Jeremiah 12:4 Mean?
Jeremiah 12:4 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 12, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Death & Afterlife, Judgment, Lament, Heaven & Hell, and Suffering.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 12:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Romans 8:22“For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.”Romans 8:20“For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,”Jeremiah 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 the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.”Psalms 107:34“A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.”Jeremiah 4:25“I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.”Jeremiah 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.”Hosea 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.”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.”Jeremiah 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?”Jeremiah 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 it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.”Jeremiah 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.”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.”Joel 1:10“The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.”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.”Habakkuk 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 there shall be no herd in the stalls:”Zephaniah 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.”Psalms 50:21“These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.”Isaiah 24:4“The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.”Jeremiah 4:26“I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.”Jeremiah 5:13“And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.”
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