and a fruitful land into a barren place, ¹  because of the sin of its inhabitants.

They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields. ¹ 

They cultivated ¹  fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit. ² 

Yes, ¹  sons ²  are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.

you mountains and all you hills, you fruit trees and all you cedars,

The fruit of the righteous is like ¹  a tree producing life, ²  and the one who wins souls ³  is wise. ⁴ 

Tell the innocent ¹  it will go well with them, ²  for they will be rewarded for what they have done. ³ 

Your children ¹  will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

Your children ¹  will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit. ¹ 

Then ¹  observers ²  will say, “Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! ³  Yes indeed, there is a God who judges ⁴  in the earth!”

I designed ¹  royal gardens ²  and parks ³  for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.

Your shoots are a royal garden ¹  full of pomegranates with choice fruits: henna with nard,

Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit. ¹ 

You plant them like trees and they put down their roots. ¹  They grow prosperous and are very fruitful. ²  They always talk about you, but they really care nothing about you. ³ 

But you have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your chariots; ¹  you have relied ²  on your many warriors.

God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: ¹  plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, ²  and ³  trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” It was so.

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.

Jacob became furious ¹  with Rachel and exclaimed, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?” ² 

As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.