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
The name of the second, he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."
Genesis 48:19
His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations."
Genesis 49:22
"Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
Deuteronomy 33:17
The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push all of the peoples, to the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh."

An east

Hosea 4:19
The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.
Psalm 1:4
The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Isaiah 17:13
The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters: but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
Isaiah 41:16
You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the LORD. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 4:11
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;
Ezekiel 17:10
Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? Shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? It shall wither in the beds where it grew."'"
Ezekiel 19:12
But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.

His spring

Hosea 9:11
As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no birth, none with child, and no conception.
Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.
Psalm 109:13
Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Isaiah 14:21
Prepare for slaughter of his children because of the iniquity of their fathers, that they not rise up and possess the earth, and fill the surface of the world with cities.

Pleasant vessels

Daniel 11:8
Also their gods, with their molten images, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall withdraw for some years from the king of the north.
Nahum 2:9
Take the spoil of silver. Take the spoil of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.

General references

Isaiah 17:9
In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places of the Hivites and the Amorites, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it will be a desolation.