107:34 and a fruitful land into a barren place, 2
because of the sin of its inhabitants.
17:6 They will be like a shrub 3 in the desert.
They will not experience good things even when they happen.
It will be as though they were growing in the desert,
in a salt land where no one can live.
1 tn Heb “the anger and the wrath.” This construction is a hendiadys intended to intensify the emotion.
2 tn Heb “a salty land.”
3 tn This word occurs only here and in Jer 48:6. It has been identified as a kind of juniper, which is a short shrub with minute leaves that look like scales. For a picture and more discussion see Fauna and Flora of the Bible, 131.