Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
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Bible References
Cormorant
Isaiah 13:20
No one will live there again; no one will ever reside there again. No bedouin will camp there, no shepherds will rest their flocks there.
Isaiah 14:23
"I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals and covered with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom," says the Lord who commands armies.
Zephaniah 2:14
Flocks and herds will lie down in the middle of it, as well as every kind of wild animal. Owls will sleep in the tops of its support pillars; they will hoot through the windows. Rubble will cover the thresholds; even the cedar work will be exposed to the elements.
Revelation 18:2
He shouted with a powerful voice: "Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.
Stretch
2 Samuel 8:2
He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third. The Moabites became David's subjects and brought tribute.
2 Kings 21:13
I will destroy Jerusalem the same way I did Samaria and the dynasty of Ahab. I will wipe Jerusalem clean, just as one wipes a plate on both sides.
Lamentations 2:8
(Khet) The Lord was determined to tear down Daughter Zion's wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin.
Malachi 1:3
and rejected Esau. I turned Esau's mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals."
General references
Leviticus 11:16
the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind,