Gen 6:6-7, 13, 17, 7:4, Job 22:15-17, Isa 24:6, 19, Jer 4:22-27, 12:3-4 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth , and it grieved him to his heart .

Genesis 6:6-7

6 And ^athe Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it ^bgrieved him to his heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

Genesis 6:13

13 And God said to Noah, ^c“I have determined to make an end of all flesh, ^{▼▼Hebrew The end of all flesh has come before me} for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Genesis 6:17

17 ^eFor behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.

Genesis 7:4

4 For in seven days ^fI will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, ^gand every living thing ^{▼▼Hebrew all existence; also verse 23} that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.”

Job 22:15-17

15 Will you keep to the old way
that wicked men have trod?
16 They were snatched away ⁱbefore their time;
their foundation was washed away.
17 They said to God, ^j‘Depart from us,’
and ^k‘What can the Almighty do to us?’ ^{▼▼Hebrew them}

Isaiah 24:6

6 Therefore ^ma curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants ⁿsuffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.

Isaiah 24:19

19 The earth is utterly broken,
the earth is split apart,
the earth is violently shaken.

Jeremiah 4:22-27

22 “For ^omy people are foolish;
they know me not;
they are stupid children;
they have no understanding.
^pThey are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
But how to do good they know not.”
23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it was ^qwithout form and void;
^rand to the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I looked on ^sthe mountains, and behold, they were quaking,
and all the hills moved to and fro.
25 ^tI looked, and behold, there was no man,
and all the birds of the air had fled.
26 I looked, and behold, the ^ufruitful land was a desert,
and all its cities were laid in ruins
before the Lord, before ^vhis fierce anger.
27 For thus says the Lord, “The whole land shall be a desolation; ^wyet I will not make a full end.

Jeremiah 12:3-4

3 ^xBut you, O Lord, know me;
^yyou see me, and test my heart toward you.
^zPull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
and set them apart for ^aathe day of slaughter.
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.”