Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

The serpent

Bible References

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Job 34:22
There is no darkness, no deep darkness,
where evildoers can hide themselves.
Jeremiah 23:23
“Am I a God who is only near”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and not a God who is far away?

The serpent

Isaiah 27:1
On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.

General references

Numbers 21:6
Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died.
Psalm 21:8
Your hand will capture all your enemies;
your right hand will seize those who hate you.
Jeremiah 52:8
The Chaldean army pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. Zedekiah’s entire army was scattered from him.
Ezekiel 8:8
He said to me, “Son of man, dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall, and there was a doorway.
Ezekiel 11:8
You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
Matthew 24:28
Wherever the carcass is, there the vultures will gather.

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