Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

The city

General references

Bible References

Shalt burn

Ezekiel 5:12
One third of you will die by plague or be consumed by famine among you, one third will fall by the sword around you, and one third I will scatter to every wind, and I will unsheathe a sword behind them.
Jeremiah 9:21
For death has come up through our windows;
It has entered our palaces
To cut off the children from the streets,
The young men from the town squares.
Jeremiah 15:2
And it shall be that when they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you are to tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord:
“Those destined for death, to death;
And those destined for the sword, to the sword;
And those destined for famine, to famine;
And those destined for captivity, to captivity.”’
Jeremiah 24:10
I will send the sword, the famine and the pestilence upon them until they are destroyed from the land which I gave to them and their forefathers.’”
Jeremiah 38:2
“Thus says the Lord, ‘He who stays in this city will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans will live and have his own life as booty and stay alive.’

The city

Ezekiel 4:1
“Now you son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you and inscribe a city on it, Jerusalem.

I will draw

Ezekiel 5:12
One third of you will die by plague or be consumed by famine among you, one third will fall by the sword around you, and one third I will scatter to every wind, and I will unsheathe a sword behind them.
Ezekiel 12:14
I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them.
Leviticus 26:33
You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste.
Jeremiah 9:16
I will scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them until I have annihilated them.”
Amos 9:2
“Though they dig into Sheol,
From there will My hand take them;
And though they ascend to heaven,
From there will I bring them down.

General references

Ezekiel 6:8
“However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the countries.