Verse 6

He shalbe like the heath that groweth in wildernesse: As for the good thyng that is for to come, he shall not see it, but dwell in a drye place of the wildernesse, in a salt and vnoccupied lande.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 29:23 : 23 Howe all the lande is burnt vp with brimstone and salt, and that it is neither sowen, nor beareth, nor any grasse groweth therin, lyke as in the place of ye ouerthrowyng of Sodome, Gomor, Adama, and Zeboim, which the Lorde ouerthrewe in his wrath and anger.
  • Jer 48:6 : 6 Get you away, saue your liues, and be lyke vnto the heath in the wyldernesse.
  • Job 20:17 : 17 So that he shall no more see the ryuers and brookes of hony and butter.
  • Job 39:6 : 6 Euen I which haue geuen the wyldernesse to be their house, and the vntilled land to be their dwelling.
  • Ps 1:4 : 4 As for the vngodly it is not so with them: but they are like the chaffe which the winde scattereth abrode.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 Wheras the vngodly do bud vp greene as the grasse, and wheras all workers of iniquitie do florishe: that they notwithstandyng shalbe destroyed for euer and euer.
  • Ps 129:6-8 : 6 They shall be as the grasse growing vpon the house toppes: whiche withereth afore that it be shot foorth to his growth. 7 Whereof the mower fylleth not his hande: neither he that byndeth vp the sheaues his armes full. 8 And they which go by, say not so much as the blessing of God be vpon you: we blesse you in the name of God.
  • Isa 1:30 : 30 For ye shalbe as a tree whose leaues are fallen away, and as a garden that hath no moystnesse.
  • Judg 9:45 : 45 And when Abimelech had fought against the citie al that day, he toke it, and slue the people that was therin, and destroyed the citie, and sowed salte in it.
  • 2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 Then a certayne lorde (on whose hand the king leaned) aunswered the man of God, and sayde: Beholde, if the Lorde would make windowes in heaue, might this saying come to passe? He sayde: Behold, thou shalt see it with thyne eyes, but shalt not eate therof.
  • 2 Kgs 7:19-20 : 19 Whervnto that lorde aunswered the man of God, and sayde: Yea and if the Lorde made windowes in heauen, might it come to passe? And he sayd: Beholde, thou shalt see it with thyne eyes, and shalt not eate thereof. 20 And euen so chaunced it vnto him: For the people trode vpon him in the gate, and he dyed.
  • Job 8:11-13 : 11 May a rushe be greene without moystnesse? or may the grasse growe without water? 12 No, but whilste it is nowe in his greennesse, though it be not cut downe, yet withereth it before any other hearbe: 13 So are the pathes of al that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall come to naught.
  • Job 15:30-34 : 30 He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse, the flame shal drye vp his branches, with the blast of ye mouth of God shall he be taken away. 31 He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie, and yet vanitie shalbe his recompence. 32 He shal perishe afore his time be worne out, and his braunche shall not be greene. 33 He shalbe plucked of as an vntimely grape from the vine, and shall let his floure fall as the oliue doth. 34 For the congregation of hypocrites shalbe desolate, and the fire shall consume the houses of such as are greedie to receaue giftes.
  • Ezek 47:11 : 11 But the marishes thereof, and the pits thereof, shal not be made holsome, they shalbe made salt pits.
  • Zeph 2:9 : 9 Therefore as I liue, sayth the Lord of hoastes the God of Israel, Moab shalbe as Sodoma, & Ammon as Gomorra, euen the breeding of nettles, and salt pittes, & a perpetuall wildernesse: The residue of my folke shal spoyle them, the remnaunt of my people shall haue them in possession.