1 Kings 18:5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring of water and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.”(A)
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Jeremiah 12:4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 How long will the land mourn(A)
and the grass of every field wither?
Because of the evil of its residents,
animals and birds have been swept away,
for the people have said,
“He cannot see what our end will be.”[a](B)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 12:4 LXX reads see our ways
Jeremiah 14:5-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 Even the doe in the field
gives birth and abandons her fawn
since there is no grass.
6 Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights(A)
panting for air like jackals.
Their eyes fail
because there are no green plants.
Hosea 4:3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 For this reason the land mourns,(A)
and everyone who lives in it languishes,
along with the wild animals(B) and the birds of the sky;
even the fish of the sea disappear.(C)
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