Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:

Bible References

They have forsaken

1 Kings 19:10
He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of Hosts, but the Israelites have abandoned Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are looking for me to take my life.”
Isaiah 24:1
Look, the Lord is stripping the earth bare
and making it desolate.
He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants:
Jeremiah 22:9
They will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh their God and worshiped and served other gods.’”
Jeremiah 31:32
This one will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke even though I had married them”—the Lord’s declaration.
Hebrews 8:9
not like the covenant
that I made with their ancestors
on the day I took them by their hands
to lead them out of the land of Egypt.
I disregarded them, says the Lord,
because they did not continue in My covenant.

General references

Jeremiah 22:8
“Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?’
Lamentations 4:12
ל LamedThe kings of the earth
and all the world’s inhabitants did not believe
that an enemy or adversary
could enter Jerusalem’s gates.
Ezekiel 20:48
Then all people will see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it. It will not be extinguished.”
Ezekiel 36:34
The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.
Luke 17:29
But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all.

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