Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

Bible References

Serve

2 Chronicles 12:8
Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations."
Nehemiah 9:35
Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible goodness that you had lavished on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.
Jeremiah 5:19
"So then, Jeremiah, when your people ask, 'Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?' tell them, 'It is because you rejected me and served foreign gods in your own land. So you must serve foreigners in a land that does not belong to you.'
Jeremiah 17:4
You will lose your hold on the land which I gave to you as a permanent possession. I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For you have made my anger burn like a fire that will never be put out."
Ezekiel 17:3
Say to them: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'A great eagle with broad wings, long feathers, with full plumage which was multi-hued, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.

In hunger

Jeremiah 44:17
Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.
Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance is turned over to strangers; foreigners now occupy our homes.
Ezekiel 4:16
Then he said to me, "Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply in Jerusalem. They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror

A yoke

Isaiah 47:6
I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.
Jeremiah 27:12
I told King Zedekiah of Judah the same thing. I said, "Submit to the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon. Be subject to him and his people. Then you will continue to live.
Jeremiah 28:13
"Go and tell Hananiah that the Lord says, 'You have indeed broken the wooden yoke. But you have only succeeded in replacing it with an iron one!
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

General references

Leviticus 26:38
You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you.
Nehemiah 9:36
"So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy its good things -- we are slaves!
Ecclesiastes 3:13
and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.
Isaiah 14:3
When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,
Ezekiel 12:18
"Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with anxious shaking.

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