Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Of the
The foxes
General references
Bible References
Of the
Lamentations 2:8
The Lord determined to lay in ruins
The [city] wall of the Daughter of Zion.
He has stretched out a line,
He has not stopped His hand from destroying.
He has caused the rampart and the wall to lament (mourn in grief);
They have languished together.
The Lord determined to lay in ruins
The [city] wall of the Daughter of Zion.
He has stretched out a line,
He has not stopped His hand from destroying.
He has caused the rampart and the wall to lament (mourn in grief);
They have languished together.
1 Kings 9:7
then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and I will cast out of My sight the house which I have consecrated for My Name and Presence. Then Israel will become a proverb (a saying) and a byword (object of ridicule) among all the peoples.
Psalm 74:2
Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
Remember Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.
Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
Remember Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.
Jeremiah 17:3
O [Jerusalem] My mountain in the countryside,
I will give [to the Babylonians, as the cost of your sin] your wealth and all your treasures as plunder,
And throughout your territory, your high places of sin.
O [Jerusalem] My mountain in the countryside,
I will give [to the Babylonians, as the cost of your sin] your wealth and all your treasures as plunder,
And throughout your territory, your high places of sin.
Jeremiah 26:9
Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord saying, ‘This house will be like Shiloh [after the ark of the Lord had been taken by our enemies] and this city [Jerusalem] will be desolate, without inhabitant’?” And all the people were gathered around Jeremiah in the [outer area of the] house of the Lord.
Jeremiah 52:13
He burned down the house of the Lord and the king’s palace and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house or important structure he set on fire.
Micah 3:12
Therefore, on account of you
Zion shall be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem shall becomea heap of ruins,
And the mountain of the house [of the Lord] shall become like a densely wooded hill.
Therefore, on account of you
Jerusalem shall become
And the mountain of the house [of the Lord] shall become like a densely wooded hill.
The foxes
Isaiah 32:13
For the land of my people growing over with thorns and briars—
Yes, [mourn] for all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
For the land of my people growing over with thorns and briars—
Yes, [mourn] for all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
Jeremiah 9:11
“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
A haunt and dwelling place of jackals;
And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
A haunt and dwelling place of jackals;
And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
General references
Isaiah 24:12
Horrible desolation is left in the city,
And the gate is battered into ruins.
Horrible desolation is left in the city,
And the gate is battered into ruins.
Isaiah 64:10
Your holy cities have become a wilderness,
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
Ezekiel 12:20
The cities that are inhabited will be in ruins and the land will be deserted; and you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”’”