Verse 5

As for the earth, out of it comes bread; Underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:11-12 : 11 God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so. 12 The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
  • Gen 1:29 : 29 God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
  • Ps 104:14-15 : 14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And plants for man to cultivate, That he may bring forth food out of the earth: 15 Wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengthens man's heart.
  • Isa 28:25-29 : 25 When he has leveled the surface of it, doesn't he cast abroad the dill, and scatter the cumin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border of it? 26 For his God does instruct him aright, [and] does teach him. 27 For the dill are not threshed with a sharp [threshing] instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about on the cumin; but the dill are beaten out with a staff, and the cumin with a rod. 28 Bread [grain] is ground; for he will not be always threshing it: and though the wheel of his cart and his horses scatter it, he does not grind it. 29 This also comes forth from Yahweh of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
  • Ezek 28:13-14 : 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onx, jasper, sapphire{or, lapis lazuli}, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared. 14 You were the anointed cherub who covers: and I set you, [so that] you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.