Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

The violence

Bible References

The violence

Zechariah 11:1
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Because

Habakkuk 2:8
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the other peoples shall spoil thee because of human blood and for the robberies of the land, of the cities, and of all that dwell therein.
Psalm 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of the grave; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.
Psalm 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards thee as thou hast served us.
Proverbs 28:17
A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee all the way to the grave, and no one shall sustain him.
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your cause upon her.

Of the city

Jeremiah 50:28
The voice of those that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Jeremiah 51:24
And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, said the LORD.