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
Of the city
Bible References
The violence
Zechariah 11:1
Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.
Because
Habakkuk 2:8
Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of bloodshed, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell in it.
Psalm 55:23
But you, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in you.
Psalm 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.
Proverbs 28:17
A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee to a pit; let no man help him.
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.
Of the city
Jeremiah 50:28
The voice of them 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, says the LORD.