Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

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Bible References

Shall the lambs

Isaiah 7:21
And it shall come to pass in that day that a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep;
Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Isaiah 32:14
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the noise of the city shall cease; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
Isaiah 40:11
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Isaiah 65:10
And Sharon shall be for a fold of flocks and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
Zephaniah 2:6
And the sea coast shall be for dwellings and cottages for pastors, and sheepfolds.

The waste

Isaiah 10:16
Therefore shall the Lord, the LORD of the hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun (the upright one) waxed fat and kicked; (thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou hast covered thyself) and forsook the God who made him and lightly esteemed the strong One of his saving health.
Psalm 17:10
They are closed in with their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.
Psalm 73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness; they easily obtain the desires of their heart.
Psalm 119:70
Their heart became fat like grease, but I delight in thy law.
Jeremiah 5:28
They are become fat; they shine; yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they did not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless; with all this they made themselves prosperous; and they did not judge the cause of the poor.
Amos 4:1
Hear this word, ye cows of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

Strangers

Isaiah 1:7
Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy land and all thy labours shall a people which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt only be oppressed and crushed all the days.
Nehemiah 9:37
And it multiplies its fruit for the kings, whom thou hast set over us because of our sins, who have dominion over our bodies and over our cattle, according to their will, and we are in great distress.
Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind; they shall have no harvest; the fruit shall yield no meal: if so be it yields, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Luke 21:24
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

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Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.