Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

Appoint me the time

General references

Bible References

He shall come

Jeremiah 4:7
A lion has gone up from his secret place in the woods, and one who makes waste the nations is on his way; he has gone out from his place, to make your land unpeopled, so that your towns will be made waste, with no man living in them.
Jeremiah 50:44
See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make them go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will keep his place before me?
Zechariah 11:3
The sound of the crying of the keepers of the flock! for their glory is made waste: the sound of the loud crying of the young lions! for the pride of Jordan is made waste.

The swelling

Jeremiah 12:5
If running with the fighting-men has made you tired, how will you be able to keep up with horses? and if in a land of peace you go in flight, what will become of you in the thick growth of Jordan?
Joshua 3:15
And when those who took up the ark came to Jordan, and the feet of the priests who took up the ark were touching the edge of the water (for the waters of Jordan are overflowing all through the time of the grain-cutting),
1 Chronicles 12:15
It was they who went over Jordan in the first month, when the river was overflowing, and put to flight all the people of the valleys, to the east and to the west.

Who is like

Exodus 15:11
Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? who is like you, in holy glory, to be praised with fear, doing wonders?
Psalm 89:6
For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?
Psalm 113:5
Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,
Isaiah 40:25
Who then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.

Appoint me the time

Job 9:19
If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?
Job 23:3
If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!
Job 40:2
Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.
Job 42:3
Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

That shepherd

Jeremiah 30:21
And their chief will be of their number; their ruler will come from among themselves; and I will let him be present before me, so that he may come near to me: for who may have strength of heart to come near me? says the Lord.
Job 41:10
He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?
Psalm 76:7
You, you are to be feared; who may keep his place before you in the time of your wrath?
Nahum 1:6
Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.
Revelation 6:17
For the great day of their wrath is come, and who may keep his place?

General references

Exodus 24:2
And Moses only may come near to the Lord; but the others are not to come near, and the people may not come up with them.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain