Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

Pleasant vessels

General references

Bible References

He be

Genesis 41:52
And, the name of the second, called he Ephraim, For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my humiliation.
Genesis 48:19
And his father refused, and said - I know - my son, I know! He also, shall become a people, and he also, shall become great, - but nevertheless, his younger brother, shall become greater than he, and his seed, shall become a filling up of the nations.
Genesis 49:22
A fruitful bough over a fountain, - Branches creeping over a wail.
Deuteronomy 33:17
His firstborn ox, be an honour to him. And the horns of a buffalo, be his horns, With them, let him thrust, peoples, All at once, to the ends of the earth, - Yea, with these, the myriads of Ephraim, And, with those, the thousands of Manasseh.

An east

Hosea 4:19
The wind hath bound her up in its wings, - that they may be ashamed, because of their sacrifices.
Psalm 1:4
Not so, the lawless, - but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:
Isaiah 17:13
Though nations like the rushing of many waters, shall rush, Yet shall one rebuke him, And he shall flee far away, - And be chased As the chaff of the mountains before a wind, And as whirling stubble before a storm!
Isaiah 41:16
Thou shalt fan them and, a wind, shall carry them away, And, a whirlwind, scatter, them, - But, thou, shalt exult in Yahweh, And, in the Holy One of Israel, shalt thou boast thyself.
Jeremiah 4:11
At that time, shall it be said of this people and of Jerusalem, - The sharp wind of the bare heights in the desert, cometh towards the daughter of my people, - not to winnow nor to cleanse.
Ezekiel 17:10
Lo! therefore though it remain planted, shall it thrive? As soon as an east wind toucheth it, will it not utterly wither? On the beds where it sprang up, will it not wither?
Ezekiel 19:12
Then was she uprooted in indignation To the ground, was she east, And an east wind, dried up her fruit, - Broken off and withered were her staves of power, A fire, devoured them.

His spring

Hosea 9:11
As for Ephraim! like a bird, did their glory, fly away, - no birth, and none with child, no conception.
Job 18:16
Beneath, let his roots be dried up, and, above, be cut off his branch;
Psalm 109:13
Let his posterity be for cutting off, In another generation, let their name be wiped out;
Isaiah 14:21
Prepare - for his sons - shambles. For the iniquity of their fathers, - They shall not rise nor possess the earth, Nor fill the face of the world with cities.

Pleasant vessels

Daniel 11:8
yea, even their gods, with their molten images, with their delightful vessels of silver and gold, with a host of captives, will he bring into Egypt, - and, he, will stand more, years, than the king of the north;
Nahum 2:9
Plunder silver, plunder gold, - and there is no end to the costly furnishing, rich with every article of delight.

General references

Isaiah 17:9
In that day, shall his fortified cities become Like a neglected bough and a topmost branch, Which they neglected because of the sons of Israel, - So shall there be desolation.