Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?

Bible References

What hast

Isaiah 52:5
So now what have I here”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“that My people are taken away for nothing?
Its rulers wail”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.
Micah 2:10
Get up and leave,
for this is not your place of rest,
because defilement brings destruction—
a grievous destruction!

Hewed

Isaiah 14:18
All the kings of the nations
lie in splendor, each in his own tomb.
2 Samuel 18:18
When he was alive, Absalom had set up a pillar for himself in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name. It is still called Absalom’s Monument today.
2 Chronicles 16:14
He was buried in his own tomb that he had made for himself in the city of David. They laid him out in a coffin that was full of spices and various mixtures of prepared ointments; then they made a great fire in his honor.
Job 3:14
with the kings and counselors of the earth,
who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,
Matthew 27:60
and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut into the rock. He left after rolling a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.

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