Romans 8:20
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20 Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope,
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Romans 8:20
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20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,(A) in hope
Genesis 3:17-19
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17 And to the man he said,
“Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree
whose fruit I commanded you not to eat,
the ground is cursed because of you.
All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.
18 It will grow thorns and thistles for you,
though you will eat of its grains.
19 By the sweat of your brow
will you have food to eat
until you return to the ground
from which you were made.
For you were made from dust,
and to dust you will return.”
Genesis 3:17-19
New International Version
17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’(A)
“Cursed(B) is the ground(C) because of you;
through painful toil(D) you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.(E)
18 It will produce thorns and thistles(F) for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.(G)
19 By the sweat of your brow(H)
you will eat your food(I)
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”(J)
Genesis 5:29
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29 Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, “May he bring us relief[a] from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the Lord has cursed.”
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- 5:29 Noah sounds like a Hebrew term that can mean “relief” or “comfort.”
Genesis 5:29
New International Version
29 He named him Noah[a](A) and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.(B)”
Footnotes
- Genesis 5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for comfort.
Romans 8:22
New Living Translation
22 For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
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Romans 8:22
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22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning(A) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
Jeremiah 12:4
New Living Translation
4 How long must this land mourn?
Even the grass in the fields has withered.
The wild animals and birds have disappeared
because of the evil in the land.
For the people have said,
“The Lord doesn’t see what’s ahead for us!”
Jeremiah 12:4
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Hosea 4:3
New Living Translation
3 That is why your land is in mourning,
and everyone is wasting away.
Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea are disappearing.
Hosea 4:3
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Jeremiah 14:5-6
New Living Translation
5 Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn
because there is no grass in the field.
6 The wild donkeys stand on the bare hills
panting like thirsty jackals.
They strain their eyes looking for grass,
but there is none to be found.”
Jeremiah 14:5-6
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Isaiah 24:5-6
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5 The earth suffers for the sins of its people,
for they have twisted God’s instructions,
violated his laws,
and broken his everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore, a curse consumes the earth.
Its people must pay the price for their sin.
They are destroyed by fire,
and only a few are left alive.
Isaiah 24:5-6
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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Everything Is Meaningless
2 “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”
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Ecclesiastes 1:2
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2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”(A)
Job 12:6-10
New Living Translation
6 But robbers are left in peace,
and those who provoke God live in safety—
though God keeps them in his power.[a]
7 “Just ask the animals, and they will teach you.
Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
8 Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.
Let the fish in the sea speak to you.
9 For they all know
that my disaster[b] has come from the hand of the Lord.
10 For the life of every living thing is in his hand,
and the breath of every human being.
Job 12:6-10
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6 The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(A)
and those who provoke God are secure(B)—
those God has in his hand.[a]
7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,(C)
or the birds in the sky,(D) and they will tell you;(E)
8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
9 Which of all these does not know(F)
that the hand of the Lord has done this?(G)
10 In his hand is the life(H) of every creature
and the breath of all mankind.(I)
Footnotes
- Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand
Genesis 6:13
New Living Translation
13 So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!
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Genesis 6:13
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13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy(A) both them and the earth.(B)
Jeremiah 12:11
New Living Translation
11 They have made it an empty wasteland;
I hear its mournful cry.
The whole land is desolate,
and no one even cares.
Jeremiah 12:11
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Joel 1:18
New Living Translation
18 How the animals moan with hunger!
The herds of cattle wander about confused,
because they have no pasture.
The flocks of sheep and goats bleat in misery.
Joel 1:18
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