Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.

Against the merchant city

Strong holds

Bible References

Stretched

Isaiah 2:19
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks and into the caves of the earth, because of the terrible presence of the LORD and because of the glory of his majesty when he shall arise to smite the earth.
Isaiah 14:16
Those that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble; that shook the kingdoms;
Exodus 15:8
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as a heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Psalm 46:6
The Gentiles raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Ezekiel 26:10
By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee; thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen and of the wheels, and of the chariots when he shall enter into thy gates as men enter through breaches into a destroyed city.
Ezekiel 27:34
In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy commerce and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
Ezekiel 31:16
I made the Gentiles to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those that descend into the pit: and all the choice trees of Eden, and the best of Lebanon, all that drink waters, shall be comforted in the lower parts of the earth.
Haggai 2:7
and I will shake all the Gentiles; and the desire of all the Gentiles shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, said the LORD of the hosts.

The lord

Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and upon the people of my wrath will I send him to take spoil and to take prey and to ready them that they might be tread down like the mire of the streets.
Psalm 71:3
Be thou my strong habitation unto which I may continually resort; thou hast given a commandment that I should be saved because thou art my rock and my fortress.
Jeremiah 47:7
How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD has given it a charge against Ashkelon and against the sea shore? there has he appointed it.
Nahum 1:14
And the LORD shall give a commandment concerning thee that no one else of thy name ever be sown; out of the house of thy god I will cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make it thy grave because thou wert vile.

Against the merchant city

Isaiah 23:3
Her provision was from the plantings that grow with the many waters of the Nile, of the harvest of the river. She was also the mart of the Gentiles.
Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant who has the balances of deceit in his hand; he loves to oppress.

The merchant city

Genesis 9:25
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be unto his brethren.
Genesis 10:15
And Canaan begat Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth
Zechariah 14:21
And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of the hosts; and all those that sacrifice shall come and take of them and cook therein; and in that time there shall be no more merchandizing in the house of the LORD of the hosts.
Mark 11:17
And he taught them, saying, Is it not written that my house shall be called house of prayer by all the nations? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
John 2:16
and said unto those that sold the doves, Take these things away from here; do not make my Father's house a house of merchandise.

Strong holds

Zechariah 9:3
And Tyre built herself a stronghold and heaped up silver as the dust and fine gold as the mire of the streets.