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, Lebanon, so that fire will devour your cedars!
Because
Habakkuk 2:8
Because you plundered many nations, all the remaining nations will plunder you on account of the blood of humanity and violence [against the] land, [and against] cities and all who live in them.
Psalm 55:23
But you, O God, you will bring them down to [the] pit of corruption. [The] men of bloodshed and deceit will not live half their days, but I will trust you.
Psalm 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated, happy [shall be he] who pays back to you {what you paid out to us}.
Proverbs 28:17
A person who is burdened with [the] blood of {another}, until death he will flee; do not take hold of him.
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, heaven and the saints and the apostles and the prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment on her!"
Of the city
Jeremiah 50:28
[There is the] sound of fugitives and survivors from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance for his temple.
Jeremiah 51:24
And I will repay Babylon, and all the inhabitants of Chaldea, all their wickedness that they have done in Zion before your eyes," {declares} Yahweh.