Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

Bible References

Laid

Exodus 22:26
If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,
Deuteronomy 24:12
If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
Ezekiel 18:7
if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,

By

Amos 6:4
Those who recline on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,
Isaiah 57:7
“Upon a high and lofty mountain
You have made your bed.
You also went up there to offer sacrifice.
Ezekiel 23:41
and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set My incense and My oil.
1 Corinthians 8:10
For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
1 Corinthians 10:7
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play.”

They drink

Amos 6:6
Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls
While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils,
Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.
Judges 9:27
They went out into the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trod them, and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.
Hosea 4:8
They feed on the sin of My people
And direct their desire toward their iniquity.