Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Shall the lambs
General references
Bible References
Shall the lambs
Isaiah 7:21
On that day a person will keep alive a young cow and two sheep.
Isaiah 17:2
The cities of Aroer (three places near Palestine) will be deserted forever. They will be places for flocks to lie down, and no one will make them afraid.
Isaiah 32:14
Because the palace has been abandoned, the populated city forsaken. Hill and watchtower have become caves forever. They will be a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks.
Isaiah 40:11
He tends his flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart. He gently leads those that have young.
Isaiah 65:10
Sharon will be pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for my people who seek me.
Zephaniah 2:6
The seacoast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and pens for sheep.
The waste
Isaiah 10:16
That is why the Almighty Jehovah of Hosts will send a degenerative disease against brave men. A flame will be turned into a raging fire under his power.
Deuteronomy 32:15
Jeshurun (Israel) grew fat and disrespectful. You got fat! You were stuffed! You over eat! He abandoned the God who made him and scornfully treated the rock of his salvation.
Psalm 17:10
They have no feeling. Their mouths have spoken arrogantly.
Psalm 73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness, and their heart's imagination run wild.
Psalm 119:70
Their heart is like fat (callous and without feeling), But I delight in your law.
Jeremiah 5:28
They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They do not defend the rights of the poor.
Amos 4:1
Hear this word you cows of Bashan who live on the mountain of Samaria. You oppress the poor. You crush the needy. You say to your masters (husbands) (lords), Bring us drink.
Strangers
Isaiah 1:7
Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners destroy your fields in your presence. Your fields are devastated and taken over by strangers.
Deuteronomy 28:33
A foreign nation will take all the crops that you have worked so hard to grow. You will receive nothing but constant oppression and harsh treatment.
Nehemiah 9:37
And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins. They have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.
Lamentations 5:2
Our heritage is turned over to men of strange lands, our houses to those who are not our countrymen.
Hosea 8:7
The people of Israel plant the wind, but they harvest a storm. A field of grain that does not ripen will never produce any grain. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would eat it all.
Luke 21:24
They will be killed by the edge of the sword. Some will be led captive into all the nations. The people of the nations will tread down Jerusalem until the time of the Nations is fulfilled.
General references
Lamentations 5:2
Our heritage is turned over to men of strange lands, our houses to those who are not our countrymen.