Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

General references

Bible References

Shall the lambs

Isaiah 7:21
On that day
a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken;
they will be places for flocks.
They will lie down without fear.
Isaiah 32:14
For the palace will be forsaken,
the busy city abandoned.
The hill and the watchtower will become
barren places forever,
the joy of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for flocks,
Isaiah 40:11
He protects His flock like a shepherd;
He gathers the lambs in His arms
and carries them in the fold of His garment.
He gently leads those that are nursing.
Isaiah 65:10
Sharon will be a pasture for flocks,
and the Valley of Achor a place for cattle to lie down,
for My people who have sought Me.
Zephaniah 2:6
The seacoast will become pasturelands
with caves for shepherds and folds for sheep.

The waste

Isaiah 10:16
Therefore the Lord God of Hosts
will inflict an emaciating disease
on the well-fed of Assyria,
and He will kindle a burning fire
under its glory.
Deuteronomy 32:15
Then Jeshurun became fat and rebelled—
you became fat, bloated, and gorged.
He abandoned the God who made him
and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Psalm 17:10
They have become hardened;
their mouths speak arrogantly.
Psalm 73:7
Their eyes bulge out from fatness;
the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
Psalm 119:70
Their hearts are hard and insensitive,
but I delight in Your instruction.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have become fat and sleek.
They have also excelled in evil matters.
They have not taken up cases,
such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper,
and they have not defended the rights of the needy.
Amos 4:1
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan
who are on the hill of Samaria,
women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,
who say to their husbands,
“Bring us something to drink.”

Strangers

Isaiah 1:7
Your land is desolate,
your cities burned with fire;
foreigners devour your fields
before your very eyes—
a desolation demolished by foreigners.
Deuteronomy 28:33
A people you don’t know will eat your land’s produce and everything you have labored for. You will only be oppressed and crushed continually.
Nehemiah 9:37
Its abundant harvest goes to the kings
You have set over us,
because of our sins.
They rule over our bodies
and our livestock as they please.
We are in great distress.
Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our houses to foreigners.
Hosea 8:7
Indeed, they sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.
Luke 21:24
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

General references

Lamentations 5:2
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,
our houses to foreigners.

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