Noah, a man of the soil, ¹  began to plant a vineyard. ² 

At that time ¹  the Lord will punish ²  the heavenly forces in the heavens ³  and the earthly kings on the earth.

“I will destroy ¹  everything from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.

Springs ¹  would well up ²  from the earth and water ³  the whole surface of the ground. ⁴ 

So the Lord God expelled him ¹  from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

At the designated time ¹  Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering ²  to the Lord.

But the Lord said, “What have you done? ¹  The voice ²  of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

When humankind ¹  began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born ²  to them, ³ 

Then Noah ¹  sent out a dove ²  to see if the waters had receded ³  from the surface of the ground.

I will bless those who bless you, ¹  but the one who treats you lightly ²  I must curse, and all the families of the earth will bless one another ³  by your name.”

(Now the man Moses was very humble, ¹  more so than any man on the face of the earth.)

When he had finished ¹  speaking ²  all these words, the ground that was under them split open,

The king had them cast in earth foundries ¹  in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

This sin caused Jeroboam’s dynasty ¹  to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the field workers who farmed the land. ¹ 

The king had them cast in earthen foundries ¹  in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

The oxen and donkeys used in plowing ¹  will eat seasoned feed winnowed with a shovel and pitchfork. ² 

They are dismayed because the ground is cracked ¹  because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. ¹  At that time ²  your cattle will graze in wide pastures.

The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the wild beasts, all the things that creep on the ground, and all people who live on the face of the earth will shake ¹  at my presence. The mountains will topple, the cliffs ²  will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground.