Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

Bible References

And all

Jeremiah 50:7
All [those who] found them have devoured them. And their foes have said, 'We are not guilty, {because} they have sinned against Yahweh, the {true pasture}, even Yahweh, the hope of their ancestors.'
Jeremiah 51:34
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me [and] sucked me dry; he has made me an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like the sea monster; he has filled his belly with my delicacies; he has rinsed me.
Isaiah 14:17
who made [the] world like the desert and destroyed its cities, [who] would not let his prisoners go home?'
Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with my people; I profaned my inheritance, and I gave them into your hand. You did not {give} them mercy; on [the] aged you made your yoke very heavy.
Isaiah 49:24
Can war-booty be taken from [the] mighty? or can a captive of a righteous [person] be rescued?
Isaiah 51:23
And I will put it in the hand of your tormenters, who have said to {you}, 'Bow down that we may {pass} over [you]!' And you have {made} your back like the ground, and like the street for those who {pass} over [you]."
Isaiah 52:4
For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "My people went down [to] Egypt in the beginning, to dwell as aliens there, and Assyria oppressed him {without cause}.
Zechariah 1:15
And {I am extremely angry} with the nations that are at ease, for [while] I was a little angry, they {furthered disaster}."

They refused

Jeremiah 34:15
And you turned back {recently} and you did right in my eyes, to proclaim release each one to his neighbor, and you {made} a covenant {before me} in the house that is called {by} my name.
Exodus 5:2
And Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh that I should listen to his voice to release Israel? I do not know Yahweh, and also I will not release Israel."
Exodus 8:2
And if you [are] refusing to release, look, I [am going to] plague all of your territory with frogs.
Exodus 9:2
But if you [are] refusing to release and you still [are] keeping hold of them,
Isaiah 14:17
who made [the] world like the desert and destroyed its cities, [who] would not let his prisoners go home?'
Isaiah 58:6
Is this not [the] fast I choose: to release [the] bonds of injustice, to untie [the] ropes of [the] yoke, and to let [the] oppressed go free, and {tear} every yoke to pieces?

General references

Deuteronomy 30:7
And Yahweh your God will put all these curses on your enemies and {on those who hate you}, [on] {those who harassed you}.
Proverbs 23:11
For their redeemer is strong, he himself will plead their cause against you.
Jeremiah 51:24
And I will repay Babylon, and all the inhabitants of Chaldea, all their wickedness that they have done in Zion before your eyes," {declares} Yahweh.