Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
- KJV Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
- NKJV Yet the land shall be desolate Because of those who dwell in it, And for the fruit of their deeds.
- NASB And the earth will become a wasteland because of her inhabitants, On account of the fruit of their deeds.
- NLT But the land will become empty and desolate because of the wickedness of those who live there.
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Quick answer
Yet the wider earth will be made desolate because of its inhabitants' evil deeds. It holds judgment and restoration together, the same day brings ruin to the unrepentant.
Overview
Alongside Zion's restoration, the land (or earth) will lie desolate as the fruit of human wickedness. God's saving purpose for His people coincides with judgment on persistent evil. This sober note reminds us that the day of salvation is also a day of reckoning, fulfilled when Christ both saves and judges.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 3:10–11Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Jer 25:11And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
- Mic 6:13Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
- Jer 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Prov 31:31Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
- Prov 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Isa 6:11–13Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
- Isa 24:3–8The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
- Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Dan 4:26–27As for the command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.
- Mic 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
- Luke 21:20–24But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
- Lev 26:33–39But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Gal 6:7–8Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
- Jer 21:14I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”
- Jer 32:19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
- Prov 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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