Desolate Land
From Eco-Bible 1
These are notes for an incomplete "Concept" page.
- Information is being added as the Bible Pages are added. In the end, everything will be compiled, further information added (as necessary), broken links connected, etc.
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General category: Ecological Judgments
See also: Wilderness.
Scripture Pages that Link to Here
- Exo 23:29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.
- One of the results for continued rebellion - I will bring the land into desolation...
- God led Israel through a dry wilderness filled with snakes (and took care of them).
- God's judgment on the land of those who reject his covenant -
- the land will endure plagues and sicknesses with which Yahweh has made it sick;
- the whole land of it will be sulfur, and salt, and a burning,
- it will not be sown, nor will it bear anything, nor will any any grass grow therein,
- it will be like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: ...
- Mic 7:13 Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
- There are numerous passages in the Old Testament that connect the words "desolate" and "earth" (or "land"). Many of them describe environment-related devastation, emphasizing the removal of the people and the destruction of everything they have done - cities, farmlands, etc. Often, the land is described as becoming an uninhabited wilderness or wasteland.
- The worthless vineyard (a parable about Israel): Isa 5:6 I will turn it into a wasteland. ...
Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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