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.
General references
Bible References
General references
Psalm 79:2
They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth.
Isaiah 18:6
They will all be left for the birds of the hills and the wild animals; the birds will eat them during the summer, and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter.
Jeremiah 22:19
He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey. His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.'"
Ezekiel 7:15
The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside the house. Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword, and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city.