Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

Bible References

The voice

Jeremiah 4:16
Warn the nations: Look!
Proclaim to Jerusalem:
Those who besiege are coming
from a distant land;
they raise their voices
against the cities of Judah.
Isaiah 13:5
They are coming from a far land,
from the distant horizon—
the Lord and the weapons of His wrath—
to destroy the whole country.
Isaiah 39:3
Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did these men come from and what did they say to you?”

Hezekiah replied, “They came to me from a distant country, from Babylon.”

The lord

Jeremiah 14:19
Have You completely rejected Judah?
Do You detest Zion?
Why do You strike us
with no hope of healing for us?
We hoped for peace,
but there was nothing good;
for a time of healing,
but there was only terror.
Jeremiah 31:6
For there will be a day when watchmen will call out
in the hill country of Ephraim,
“Get up, let’s go up to Zion,
to Yahweh our God!”
Psalm 135:21
May the Lord be praised from Zion;
He dwells in Jerusalem.
Hallelujah!
Isaiah 12:6
Cry out and sing, citizen of Zion,
for the Holy One of Israel is among you
in His greatness.”
Isaiah 52:1
“Wake up, wake up;
put on your strength, Zion!
Put on your beautiful garments,
Jerusalem, the Holy City!
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
will no longer enter you.
Joel 2:32
Then everyone who calls
on the name of Yahweh will be saved,
for there will be an escape
for those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
as the Lord promised,
among the survivors the Lord calls.
Joel 3:21
I will pardon their bloodguilt,
which I have not pardoned,
for the Lord dwells in Zion.
Obadiah 1:17
But there will be a deliverance on Mount Zion,
and it will be holy;
the house of Jacob will dispossess
those who dispossessed them.
Revelation 2:1
“Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus:

“The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands says:

Her king

Psalm 146:10
The Lord reigns forever;
Zion, your God reigns for all generations.
Hallelujah!
Psalm 149:2
Let Israel celebrate its Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
Isaiah 33:22
For the Lord is our Judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our King.
He will save us.

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