Deu 29:23-28, Psa 76:7, 107:34, Isa 5:9-10, 7:20-25, Jer 12:4, 14:2-6 | ESV | STEP | the whole land burned out with brimstone and salt , nothing sown and nothing growing , where no plant can sprout , an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah , Admah , and Zeboiim , which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath

aa[See ver. 23 above]

ab ver. 11; ch. 9:10; 23:10

ac Ps. 107:34

ad ch. 4:25; 7:20; 9:10; Hos. 4:3; [Rom. 8:22]

ae Lam. 1:4

af Isa. 3:26; [Lam. 2:8]

ak Job 39:1; Ps. 29:9

al ch. 2:24

Deuteronomy 29:23-28

23 the whole land burned out with brimstone and ^asalt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, ^ban overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, ^cAdmah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath— 24 all the nations ^dwill say, ^e‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?’ 25 Then people will say, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, 26 and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them. 27 Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, ^fbringing upon it all the curses written in this book, 28 and the Lord ^guprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and ^hcast them into another land, as they are this day.’

Psalms 76:7

7 ⁱBut you, you are to be feared!
Who can ^jstand before you
when once your anger is roused?

Psalms 107:34

34 ^ka fruitful land into a salty waste,
because of the evil of its inhabitants.

Isaiah 5:9-10

9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
^l“Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
10 ^mFor ten acres ^{▼▼Hebrew ten yoke, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day} of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a ^ohomer of seed shall yield but an ephah.” ^{▼▼A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; an ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters}

Isaiah 7:20-25

20 In that day ^qthe Lord will ^rshave with a razor that is ^shired beyond ^tthe River—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

21 ^uIn that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, 22 and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will eat curds, for everyone who is left in the land will eat ^vcurds and honey.

23 In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver, will become ^xbriers and thorns. 24 ^yWith bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns. 25 ^zAnd as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear ^aaof briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

Jeremiah 12:4

4 ^abHow long will the land mourn
and the grass of every field wither?
^acFor the evil of those who dwell in it
^adthe beasts and the birds are swept away,
because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”

Jeremiah 14:2-6

2 ^ae“Judah mourns,
and ^afher gates languish;
her people lament on the ground,
and ^agthe cry of Jerusalem goes up.
3 Her nobles send their servants for water;
they come to the cisterns;
they find no water;
they return with their vessels empty;
they are ^ahashamed and confounded
and ^aicover their heads.
4 Because of the ground that is dismayed,
since there is ^ajno rain on the land,
the farmers are ashamed;
they cover their heads.
5 Even ^akthe doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn
because there is no grass.
6 ^alThe wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;
they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail
because there is no vegetation.