Verse 6

For he shall be like the heath{H6199} in the desert{H6160}, and shall not see{H7200}{(H8799)} when good{H2896} cometh{H935}{(H8799)}; but shall inhabit{H7931}{(H8804)} the parched places{H2788} in the wilderness{H4057}, in a salt{H4420} land{H776} and not inhabited{H3427}{(H8799)}.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 29:23 : 23 And that the whole land{H776} thereof is brimstone{H1614}, and salt{H4417}, and burning{H8316}, that it is not sown{H2232}{(H8735)}, nor beareth{H6779}{(H8686)}, nor any grass{H6212} groweth{H5927}{(H8799)} therein, like the overthrow{H4114} of Sodom{H5467}, and Gomorrah{H6017}, Admah{H126}, and Zeboim{H6636}, which the LORD{H3068} overthrew{H2015}{(H8804)} in his anger{H639}, and in his wrath{H2534}:
  • Jer 48:6 : 6 Flee{H5127}{(H8798)}, save{H4422}{(H8761)} your lives{H5315}, and be{H1961}{(H8799)} like the heath{H6176} in the wilderness{H4057}.
  • Job 20:17 : 17 He shall not see{H7200}{(H8799)} the rivers{H6390}, the floods{H5104}, the brooks{H5158} of honey{H1706} and butter{H2529}.
  • Job 39:6 : 6 Whose house{H1004} I have made{H7760}{(H8804)} the wilderness{H6160}, and the barren{H4420} land his dwellings{H4908}.
  • Ps 1:4 : 4 The ungodly{H7563} are not so: but are like the chaff{H4671} which the wind{H7307} driveth away{H5086}{(H8799)}.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked{H7563} spring{H6524}{H8800)} as the grass{H6212}, and when all the workers{H6466}{H8802)} of iniquity{H205} do flourish{H6692}{H8686)}; it is that they shall be destroyed{H8045}{H8736)} for ever{H5703}:
  • Ps 129:6-8 : 6 Let them be as the grass{H2682} upon the housetops{H1406}, which withereth{H3001}{(H8804)} afore{H6927} it groweth up{H8025}{(H8804)}: 7 Wherewith the mower{H7114}{(H8802)} filleth{H4390}{(H8765)} not his hand{H3709}; nor he that bindeth sheaves{H6014}{(H8764)} his bosom{H2683}. 8 Neither do they which go by{H5674}{(H8802)} say{H559}{(H8804)}, The blessing{H1293} of the LORD{H3068} be upon you: we bless{H1288}{(H8765)} you in the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068}.
  • Isa 1:30 : 30 For ye shall be as an oak{H424} whose leaf{H5929} fadeth{H5034}{(H8802)}, and as a garden{H1593} that hath no water{H4325}.
  • Judg 9:45 : 45 And Abimelech{H40} fought{H3898}{(H8738)} against the city{H5892} all that day{H3117}; and he took{H3920}{(H8799)} the city{H5892}, and slew{H2026}{(H8804)} the people{H5971} that was therein, and beat down{H5422}{(H8799)} the city{H5892}, and sowed{H2232}{(H8799)} it with salt{H4417}.
  • 2 Kgs 7:2 : 2 Then a lord{H7991} on whose hand{H3027} the king{H4428} leaned{H8172}{(H8737)} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} the man{H376} of God{H430}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold, if the LORD{H3068} would make{H6213}{(H8802)} windows{H699} in heaven{H8064}, might this thing{H1697} be? And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold, thou shalt see{H7200}{(H8802)} it with thine eyes{H5869}, but shalt not eat{H398}{(H8799)} thereof.
  • 2 Kgs 7:19-20 : 19 And that lord{H7991} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} the man{H376} of God{H430}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Now, behold, if the LORD{H3068} should make{H6213}{(H8802)} windows{H699} in heaven{H8064}, might such a thing{H1697} be? And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold, thou shalt see{H7200}{(H8802)} it with thine eyes{H5869}, but shalt not eat{H398}{(H8799)} thereof. 20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people{H5971} trode{H7429}{(H8799)} upon him in the gate{H8179}, and he died{H4191}{(H8799)}.
  • Job 8:11-13 : 11 Can the rush{H1573} grow up{H1342}{(H8799)} without mire{H1207}? can{H7685} the flag{H260} grow{H7685}{(H8799)} without{H1097} water{H4325}? 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness{H3}, and not cut down{H6998}{(H8735)}, it withereth{H3001}{(H8799)} before{H6440} any other herb{H2682}. 13 So are the paths{H734} of all that forget{H7911}{(H8802)} God{H410}; and the hypocrite's{H2611} hope{H8615} shall perish{H6}{(H8799)}:
  • Job 15:30-34 : 30 He shall not depart{H5493}{(H8799)} out of darkness{H2822}; the flame{H7957} shall dry up{H3001}{(H8762)} his branches{H3127}, and by the breath{H7307} of his mouth{H6310} shall he go away{H5493}{(H8799)}. 31 Let not him that is deceived{H8582}{(H8738)} trust{H539}{(H8686)} in vanity{H7723}: for vanity{H7723} shall be his recompence{H8545}. 32 It shall be accomplished{H4390}{(H8735)} before{H3808} his time{H3117}, and his branch{H3712} shall not be green{H7488}. 33 He shall shake off{H2554}{(H8799)} his unripe grape{H1154} as the vine{H1612}, and shall cast off{H7993}{(H8686)} his flower{H5328} as the olive{H2132}. 34 For the congregation{H5712} of hypocrites{H2611} shall be desolate{H1565}, and fire{H784} shall consume{H398}{(H8804)} the tabernacles{H168} of bribery{H7810}.
  • Ezek 47:11 : 11 But the miry places{H1207} thereof and the marishes{H1360} thereof shall not be healed{H7495}{(H8735)}; they shall be given{H5414}{(H8738)} to salt{H4417}.
  • Zeph 2:9 : 9 Therefore as I live{H2416}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, Surely Moab{H4124} shall be as Sodom{H5467}, and the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} as Gomorrah{H6017}, even the breeding{H4476} of nettles{H2738}, and saltpits{H4379}{H4417}, and a perpetual{H5704}{H5769} desolation{H8077}: the residue{H7611} of my people{H5971} shall spoil{H962}{(H8799)} them, and the remnant{H3499} of my people{H1471} shall possess{H5157}{(H8799)} them.