Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

As if

Bible References

He hath violently

Psalm 80:12
Why did you break down the stone fences around this vine? All who pass by are picking its fruit.
Isaiah 5:5
Here is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge and break down the wall that protects it. I will let wild animals eat it and trample it down.
Isaiah 63:18
Your holy people possessed the land for a little while. Our enemies have trampled on your holy place.
Isaiah 64:11
Our holy and beautiful Temple where our ancestors praised you has been burned to the ground. All that we valued has been ruined.

As if

Isaiah 1:8
My people, the daughter of Zion is left like an empty hut in a vineyard. It is like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city under attack.

Caused

Lamentations 1:4
The roads to Zion are sad. No one comes to the holy meeting. All her doorways are desolate. Her priests are sighing out of sorrow. Her virgins are troubled, and it is bitter for her.
Zephaniah 3:18
I will gather those who grieve about the appointed feasts. They came from Jerusalem. The reproach of exile is a burden to them.

The king

Lamentations 4:16
Jehovah has sent them in all directions. He will no longer take care of them. They had no respect for the priests and gave no honor to the elders.
Lamentations 5:12
They put princes to death by hanging. The elders are not honored.
Isaiah 43:28
That is why I will corrupt the leaders of the holy place. I will claim Jacob for destruction. I will set up Israel for ridicule.
Jeremiah 52:11
Then he blinded Zedekiah and put him in bronze shackles. The king of Babylon took him to Babylon and put him in a prison, where he stayed until he died.
Ezekiel 12:12
The prince who is among you will put his bags on his shoulders in the dark and leave. People will dig holes in the wall to go through. The prince will cover his face so that he cannot see the land.'
Ezekiel 17:18
He broke his oath and the treaty he had made. He did all these things, and now he will not escape.'
Malachi 2:9
I caused you to be despised and low before all the people. You are contemptible and do not keep my ways. You show partiality when applying the law.

General references

Isaiah 64:10
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a desert. Jerusalem is a wasteland.
Lamentations 3:3
Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all day long.
Ezekiel 9:7
He said to them: Dishonor the Temple! Fill its courtyards with dead people, and then leave. So they went out and killed the people in the city.