Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

General references

Bible References

I have

Jeremiah 44:26
Nevertheless hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt, ‘Behold, I have sworn by My great name,’ says the Lord, ‘never shall My name be invoked again by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, “As the Lord God lives.”
Genesis 22:16
and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,
Isaiah 45:23
I have sworn by Myself,
The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness
And will not turn back,
That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.
Ezekiel 35:11
therefore as I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will deal with you according to your anger and according to your envy which you showed because of your hatred against them; so I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.
Amos 6:8
The Lord God has sworn by Himself, the Lord God of hosts has declared:
“I loathe the arrogance of Jacob,
And detest his citadels;
Therefore I will deliver up the city and all it contains.”

A desolation

Jeremiah 49:17
“Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds.
Isaiah 34:9
Its streams will be turned into pitch,
And its loose earth into brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
Ezekiel 25:13
therefore thus says the Lord God, “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off man and beast from it. And I will lay it waste; from Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
Ezekiel 35:2
“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it
Joel 3:19
Egypt will become a waste,
And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,
Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah,
In whose land they have shed innocent blood.
Obadiah 1:18
“Then the house of Jacob will be a fire
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau will be as stubble.
And they will set them on fire and consume them,
So that there will be no survivor of the house of Esau,”
For the Lord has spoken.
Malachi 1:3
but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”

General references

Genesis 22:16
and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,
Jeremiah 19:8
I will also make this city a desolation and an object of hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its disasters.