Jeremiah 4:26
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 12:4 similarly depicts land mourning and withering under judgment, reinforcing the theme of devastated land.
Jeremiah 14:2-6 portrays drought and barrenness, paralleling the fruitful land turned wilderness in this verse.
Jeremiah 5:17 describes the foreign invasion that devours harvests and destroys cities — the cause of the desolation seen here.
Deuteronomy 29:23-28 describes land turned to brimstone and waste due to God’s anger, the same pattern of covenantal curse.
Psalm 107:34 directly states 'fruitful land into a salty waste because of evil,' matching this transformation exactly.
Isaiah 5:9 speaks of desolate houses without inhabitant, aligning with the laid-waste cities here.
Micah 3:12 prophesies Zion plowed and Jerusalem a heap of ruins — matching this vision of cities laid waste by God's anger.
Isaiah 7:23 uses the same image: fruitful vineyards become briers and thorns — a parallel to this desert land.
Isaiah 7:20-25 depicts fertile land overrun with thorns and desolation — the same judgment scene of God's wrath turning the land to waste.
Zephaniah 1:18 speaks of the day of the LORD's wrath consuming the earth — the same divine anger that reduces the land to desert.
Hosea 2:3 uses wilderness and parched land imagery for God's judgment — the same desert condition described here.