Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
Of the east
They shall eat
General references
Bible References
Of the east
Genesis 29:1
And Jacob {continued his journey} and went to the land of the Easterners.
Numbers 23:7
And he lifted up his oracle and said, "From Aram Balak lead me, from the mountains of the east the king of Moab, 'Go for me, curse Jacob, and go, denounce Israel.'
Isaiah 41:2
Who has roused salvation from the east, summoned him to his foot, gives nations {in his presence}, and subjugates kings? He makes [them] like the dust [with] his sword, like scattered stubble [with] his bow.
They shall eat
Leviticus 26:16
I {in turn} will do this to you: then I will summon onto you horror, the wasting disease, and the fever that wastes eyes and that drains away life; and you shall sow your seed {in vain}, and your enemies shall eat it.
Deuteronomy 28:33
A people that you do not know shall consume the harvest of your land and all your labor, and you will be only oppressed and crushed {for the rest of your lives}.
Judges 6:3
And whenever Israel sowed seed, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of [the] east would come up against them.
Isaiah 1:7
Your country [is] desolate, your cities [are] burned [with] fire; [As for] your land, aliens are devouring it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, like devastation [by] foreigners.
Isaiah 32:8
But [the] nobleman plans noble things, and he stands upon noble things.
Isaiah 65:22
They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat. For the days of my people [shall be] like the days of tree, and my chosen ones shall enjoy the work of their hands.
General references
Jeremiah 30:16
{Therefore} all [those who] devour you will be devoured, and all your foes, all of them will go into captivity, and [those who] plunder you will be as plunder, and all [those who] plunder you I will make as plunder.