The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger. ¹ 

Can the papyrus plant grow tall ¹  where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish ²  without water?

It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.

Therefore, as flaming fire ¹  devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. ²  For they have rejected the law of the Lord who commands armies, they have spurned the commands ³  of the Holy One of Israel. ⁴ 

As for the king seeing a holy sentinel coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the wild animals, until seven periods of time go by for him’ –

Ask the Lord for rain in the season of the late spring rains ¹  – the Lord who causes thunderstorms – and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.

How long must the land be parched ¹  and the grass in every field be withered? How long ²  must the animals and the birds die because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? ³  For these people boast, “God ⁴  will not see what happens to us.” ⁵ 

The land produced vegetation – plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture. There they will lie down in a lush ¹  pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel.

So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah,

They assigned them Shechem (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,

As for my sheep, they must eat what you trampled with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet!

So the people spread out ¹  through all the land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw.

From the tribe of Benjamin they assigned ¹  Gibeon, Geba,

Anathoth, and Almon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.

The priests descended from Aaron received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.

Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.

From the tribe of Dan they assigned Eltekeh, Gibbethon,

Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon, along with the grazing areas of each – a total of four cities.

from the tribe of Issachar: Kishon, Daberath,