Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

Bible References

The two

Jeremiah 33:21
then also My covenant with My servant David may be broken so that he will not have a son reigning on his throne, and the Levitical priests will not be My ministers.
Psalm 94:14
The Lord will not forsake His people
or abandon His heritage,
Romans 11:1
I ask, then, has God rejected His people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

Thus

Nehemiah 4:2
before his colleagues and the powerful men of Samaria, and said, “What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
Esther 3:6
And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, Haman decided not to do away with Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.
Psalm 44:13
You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.
Psalm 71:11
saying, “God has abandoned him;
chase him and catch him,
for there is no one to rescue him.”
Psalm 83:4
They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”
Psalm 123:3
Show us favor, Lord, show us favor,
for we’ve had more than enough contempt.
Lamentations 2:15
ס SamekAll who pass by
scornfully clap their hands at you.
They mock and shake their heads
at Daughter Jerusalem:
Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of the whole earth?
Lamentations 4:15
ס Samek“Stay away! Unclean!” people shouted at them.
“Away, away! Don’t touch us!”
So they wandered aimlessly.
It was said among the nations,
“They can stay here no longer.”
Ezekiel 25:3
Say to the Ammonites: Hear the word of the Lord God: This is what the Lord God says: Because you said, ‘Good!’ about My sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was laid waste, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile,
Ezekiel 26:2
“Son of man, because Tyre said about Jerusalem, ‘Good! The gateway to the peoples is shattered. She has been turned over to me. I will be filled now that she lies in ruins,’
Ezekiel 35:10
“Because you said, ‘These two nations and two lands will be mine, and we will possess them’—though the Lord was there
Ezekiel 36:2
This is what the Lord God says: Because the enemy has said about you, ‘Good! The ancient heights have become our possession,’

General references

Psalm 44:9
But You have rejected and humiliated us;
You do not march out with our armies.
Lamentations 3:31
כ KafFor the Lord
will not reject us forever.
Luke 1:54
He has helped His servant Israel,
mindful of His mercy,

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