Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Bible References
Alas
Ezekiel 9:4
“Pass throughout the city of Jerusalem,” the Lord said to him, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the detestable practices committed in it.”
Jeremiah 30:7 How awful that day will be!
There will be none like it!
It will be a time of trouble for Jacob,
but he will be delivered out of it.
There will be none like it!
It will be a time of trouble for Jacob,
but he will be delivered out of it.
Joel 1:15 Woe because of that day!
For the Day of the Lord is near
and will come as devastation from the Almighty.
For the Day of the Lord is near
and will come as devastation from the Almighty.
Amos 5:16
Therefore Yahweh, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says:
There will be wailing in all the public squares;
they will cry out in anguish in all the streets.
The farmer will be called on to mourn,
and professional mourners to wail.
they will cry out in anguish
The farmer will be called on to mourn,
and professional mourners
Revelation 18:10
They will stand far off in fear of her torment, saying:
Woe, woe, the great city,
Babylon, the mighty city!
For in a single hour
your judgment has come.
Babylon, the mighty city!
For in a single hour
your judgment has come.
Fall
Ezekiel 5:12
A third of your people will die by plague and be consumed by famine within you; a third will fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter a third to every direction of the wind, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
Ezekiel 14:21
“For this is what the Lord God says: How much worse will it be when I send My four devastating judgments against Jerusalem—sword, famine, dangerous animals, and plague—in order to wipe out both man and animal from it!
Jeremiah 15:2
If they ask you, ‘Where will we go?’ you must tell them: This is what the Lord says:
Those destined for death, to death;
those destined for the sword, to the sword.
Those destined for famine, to famine;
those destined for captivity, to captivity.
those destined for the sword, to the sword.
Those destined for famine, to famine;
those destined for captivity, to captivity.
Jeremiah 16:4
They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like manure on the face of the earth. They will be finished off by sword and famine. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.
Jeremiah 24:10
I will send the sword, famine, and plague against them until they have perished from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.”