Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

Will i

General references

Bible References

Will i

Ezekiel 39:4
You will collapse on the mountains of Israel, along with all of your soldiers and the nations that have accompanied you. There the raptors, vultures, and wild animals will feed on you.

In the caves

Judges 6:2
Midian's control predominated throughout Israel, and because of Midian the Israelis went out to find temporary hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and fortified places.
1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in distress (for the people were in difficult circumstances), the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in crags, in tombs, and in pits.
1 Samuel 22:1
David left from there and escaped to the Cave of Adullam. His brothers and all his father's family heard about this and went down to him there.
1 Samuel 23:14
David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and he lived in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not let David slip into Saul's control.
1 Samuel 24:3
He came to the sheepfolds beside the road. There was a cave there, and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave.
Jeremiah 41:9
Ishmael threw the bodies of the men he killed on account of Gedaliah into the cistern that King Asa had made for protection against King Baasha of Israel. That is the same one Nethaniah's son Ishmael filled with those he killed.

General references

Numbers 33:56
Then, what I had planned to do to them, I'll start to do to you."
Jeremiah 24:10
I'll send the sword, famine, and plague against them until they're completely destroyed from the land which I gave them and their ancestors.'"

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