Habakkuk 3:17 Cross References

Habakkuk 3:17

17: Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vine; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty,

Jeremiah 5:17

  1. They will eat your harvests and your children's bread, your flocks of sheep and your herds of cattle. Yes, they will eat your grapes and figs. And they will destroy your fortified cities, which you think are so safe.

Amos 4:6

  1. "I brought hunger to every city and famine to every town. But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.
  2. "I kept the rain from falling when you needed it the most, ruining all your crops. I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another. Rain fell on one field, while another field withered away.
  3. People staggered from one town to another for a drink of water, but there was never enough. But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.
  4. "I struck your farms and vineyards with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured all your fig and olive trees. But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.
  5. "I sent plagues against you like the plagues I sent against Egypt long ago. I killed your young men in war and slaughtered all your horses. The stench of death filled the air! But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.

Joel 1:16

  1. We watch as our food disappears before our very eyes. There are no joyful celebrations in the house of our God.
  2. The seeds die in the parched ground, and the grain crops fail. The barns and granaries stand empty and abandoned.
  3. How the animals moan with hunger! The cattle wander about confused because there is no pasture for them. The sheep bleat in misery.

Deuteronomy 28:30

  1. "You will be engaged to a woman, but another man will ravish her. You will build a house, but someone else will live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will never enjoy its fruit.
  2. Your ox will be butchered before your eyes, but you won't get a single bite of the meat. Your donkey will be driven away, never to be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will be there to help you.
  3. You will watch as your sons and daughters are taken away as slaves. Your heart will break as you long for them, but nothing you do will help.
  4. A foreign nation you have never heard about will eat the crops you worked so hard to grow. You will suffer under constant oppression and harsh treatment.
  5. You will go mad because of all the tragedy around you.

Haggai 2:16

  1. When you hoped for a twenty-bushel crop, you harvested only ten. When you expected to draw fifty gallons from the winepress, you found only twenty.
  2. I sent blight and mildew and hail to destroy all the produce of your labor. Yet, even so, you refused to return to me, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 14:2

  1. "Judah wilts; her businesses have ground to a halt. All the people sit on the ground in mourning, and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.
  2. The nobles send servants to get water, but all the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers, confused and desperate, covering their heads in grief.
  3. The ground is parched and cracked for lack of rain. The farmers are afraid; they, too, cover their heads.
  4. The deer abandons her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
  5. The wild donkeys stand on the bare hills panting like thirsty jackals. They strain their eyes looking for grass to eat, but there is none to be found."

Joel 1:10

  1. The fields are ruined and empty of crops. The grain, the wine, and the olive oil are gone.
  2. Despair, all you farmers! Wail, all you vine growers! Weep, because the wheat and barley--yes, all the field crops--are ruined.
  3. The grapevines and the fig trees have all withered. The pomegranate trees, palm trees, and apple trees--yes, all the fruit trees--have dried up. All joy has dried up with them.
  4. Dress yourselves in sackcloth, you priests! Wail, you who serve before the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God! There is no grain or wine to offer at the Temple of your God.

Deuteronomy 28:15

  1. "But if you refuse to listen to the LORD your God and do not obey all the commands and laws I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overwhelm you:
  2. You will be cursed in your towns and in the country.
  3. You will be cursed with baskets empty of fruit, and with kneading bowls empty of bread.
  4. You will be cursed with few children and barren fields. You will be cursed with infertile herds and flocks.
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