Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
Go about, etc
General references
Bible References
Go forth
Jeremiah 52:6
On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city became so severe that the common people had no food.
Lamentations 1:20
See, O Jehovah, I am in trouble. The inmost parts of my body are deeply moved. My heart is turned in me for I have been rebellious. Outside the children are put to the sword, and in the house there is death.
Lamentations 4:9
Those killed by the sword are better off than those who died of starvation. For these die slowly and waste away from lack of food from the field.
Ezekiel 7:15
Outside are swords and inside are plagues and famines. He who is in a field will die in battle. He who is in the city will be devoured by famines and plagues.
Yea
Jeremiah 6:13
From the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for gain! From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely!
Jeremiah 8:10
So I will give their wives to other men. I will give their fields to new owners. From the least even to the greatest everyone is greedy for gain. From the prophet even to the priest everyone is deceitful.
Jeremiah 23:21
I did not send these prophets, but they ran. I did not speak to them, but they prophesied.
Deuteronomy 28:36
Jehovah will bring you and your king, whom you set over you, to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods made of wood and stone.
Isaiah 28:7
These also stagger from wine and reel from beer. Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine. They reel from beer. They stagger when seeing visions. They stumble when rendering decisions.
Lamentations 4:13
It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil doing of her priests. They have drained the blood of the upright out from her.
Go about, etc
Jeremiah 2:8
The priests did not ask: 'Where is Jehovah? Those who deal with my Law did not know me. The rulers rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal and followed things that could not help (profit) them.'
Jeremiah 5:31
Prophets prophesy falsehoods. Priests rule under the prophets' directions, and my people love this. But what will you do when the end comes?'
Micah 3:11
The leaders judge for a bribe, and the priests teach for wages! The prophets predict for money yet they rely on Jehovah when they say: Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? No evil will come upon us.
2 Peter 2:3
They speak evil words about you because of their extreme greed. They will exploit you with false evil words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle. Their destruction will not delay.
General references
Psalm 107:5
Hungry and thirsty, they fainted within.
Ezekiel 7:15
Outside are swords and inside are plagues and famines. He who is in a field will die in battle. He who is in the city will be devoured by famines and plagues.