Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

Bible References

How is the gold

2 Kings 25:9
He burned the house of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire.
Isaiah 1:21
How the faithful city has become a harlot,
She who was full of justice!
Righteousness once lodged in her,
But now murderers.
Isaiah 14:12
“How you have fallen from heaven,
O star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who have weakened the nations!
Ezekiel 7:19
They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will become an abhorrent thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their appetite nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling.

The stones

Lamentations 2:19
“Arise, cry aloud in the night
At the beginning of the night watches;
Pour out your heart like water
Before the presence of the Lord;
Lift up your hands to Him
For the life of your little ones
Who are faint because of hunger
At the head of every street.”
Jeremiah 52:13
He burned the house of the Lord, the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire.
Matthew 24:2
And He said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”
Mark 13:2
And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another which will not be torn down.”
Luke 21:5
And while some were talking about the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and votive gifts, He said,