Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

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Howl

Jeremiah 48:20
Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed.
Wail and cry out!
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.
Jeremiah 51:8
Suddenly Babylon fell and was shattered.
Wail for her;
get balm for her wound—
perhaps she can be healed.
Isaiah 13:6
Wail! For the day of the Lord is near.
It will come like destruction from the Almighty.
Isaiah 14:31
Wail, you gates! Cry out, city!
Tremble with fear, all Philistia!
For a cloud of dust is coming from the north,
and there is no one missing from the invader’s ranks.
Isaiah 15:2
Dibon went up to its temple
to weep at its high places.
Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba.
Every head is shaved;
every beard is cut off.
Isaiah 16:7
Therefore let Moab wail;
let every one of them wail for Moab.
Mourn, you who are completely devastated,
for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.
Isaiah 23:1
An oracle against Tyre:

Wail, ships of Tarshish,
for your haven has been destroyed.
Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
James 5:1
Come now, you rich people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.

Gird

Jeremiah 4:8
Because of this, put on sackcloth;
mourn and wail,
for the Lord’s burning anger
has not turned away from us.
Jeremiah 6:26
My dear people, dress yourselves in sackcloth
and roll in the dust.
Mourn as you would for an only son,
a bitter lament,
for suddenly the destroyer will come on us.
Jeremiah 48:37
Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.
Isaiah 32:11
Shudder, you complacent ones;
tremble, you overconfident ones!
Strip yourselves bare
and put sackcloth around your waists.

Run

Job 30:3
Emaciated from poverty and hunger,
they gnawed the dry land,
the desolate wasteland by night.
Isaiah 15:2
Dibon went up to its temple
to weep at its high places.
Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba.
Every head is shaved;
every beard is cut off.

Shall go

Jeremiah 46:25
The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to punish Amon, god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt, her gods, and her kings—Pharaoh and those trusting in him.
Jeremiah 48:7
Because you trust in your works and treasures,
you will be captured also.
Chemosh will go into exile
with his priests and officials.
Amos 1:15
Their king and his princes
will go into exile together.
The Lord has spoken.

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Amos 1:15
Their king and his princes
will go into exile together.
The Lord has spoken.

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