Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
In vain
Your own sword
General references
Bible References
In vain
Revelation 9:20
And the rest of the men, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship the demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk;
Revelation 16:9
And the men were scorched with great heat; and they blasphemed the name of God, Who hath the power over these plagues; and they repented not, to give Him glory.
Your own sword
Matthew 21:35
And the husbandmen, taking his servants, one, indeed, they beat; and one they killed; and one they stoned.
Matthew 23:29
"Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, and say,
Mark 12:2
And, at the season, he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.
Luke 11:47
"Woe to you! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Luke 13:33
But yet I must go on My way to-day, and to-morrow, and the following day; because it is not possible that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem!'
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who declared beforehand concerning the coming of the Righteous One??f Whom just now ye became the betrayers and murderers;
1 Thessalonians 2:15
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;
General references
Matthew 21:35
And the husbandmen, taking his servants, one, indeed, they beat; and one they killed; and one they stoned.
Luke 3:20
added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.