Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Bible References
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Leviticus 26:39
Those who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
Ezekiel 24:23
'Your turbans will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You will not mourn and you will not weep. You will rot away in your iniquities and you will groan to one another.
Ezekiel 33:10
Son of man, say to the house of Israel: 'You people have said: Our transgressions and our sins are upon us. We are rotting away in them. How can we survive?'