Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
The hasty
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Bible References
Shall be
Isaiah 28:1
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim and to the open flower of the beauty of their glory which is upon the head of the fertile valley of those that are overcome with wine!
Psalm 73:19
How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They have come to an end; they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Hosea 6:4
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? Your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away.
Hosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the early fruit of the fig tree in her beginning; but they went in unto Baalpeor and separated themselves unto shame and made themselves as abominable as that which they loved.
Hosea 13:1
When Ephraim spoke everyone feared, he was exalted in Israel; but he was found guilty in Baal and died.
James 1:10
and he who is rich, in his low status, because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
The hasty
Micah 7:1
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
Nahum 3:12
All thy strongholds are like fig trees with the firstripe figs; if they are shaken, they even fall into the mouth of the eater.
Revelation 6:13
and the stars of heaven fell upon the earth, even as a fig tree casts her figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
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Isaiah 17:9
In that day the cities of his strength shall be as the gleanings which remain on the shoots and on the branches, which were left of the sons of Israel; and there shall be desolation.