Verse 6

I made the wilderness its home and the barren land its dwelling place.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 107:34 : 34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.
  • Jer 2:24 : 24 You are like a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, sniffing the wind in her desire. Who can restrain her in her mating season? None of those seeking her will grow weary; in her month, they will find her.
  • Jer 17:6 : 6 They will be like a shrub in the desert, dwelling in a parched place in the wilderness, in a land of salt where no one lives, and will not see when prosperity comes.
  • Deut 29:23 : 23 All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?'
  • Job 24:5 : 5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go out for their work diligently seeking prey; the steppe provides food for their children.
  • Ezek 47:11 : 11 But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.
  • Hos 8:9 : 9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.