Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

Bible References

General references

Psalm 79:2
They gave the corpses of Your servants
to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of Your godly ones
to the beasts of the earth.
Isaiah 18:6
They will all be left for the birds of prey on the hills
and for the wild animals of the land.
The birds will spend the summer on them,
and all the animals, the winter on them.
Jeremiah 22:19
He will be buried like a donkey,
dragged off and thrown
outside the gates of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 7:15
The sword is on the outside;
plague and famine are on the inside.
Whoever is in the field will die by the sword,
and famine and plague will devour
whoever is in the city.

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