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
{Khet} The LORD thought to break down the walls of the daughter Zion; he spread out his line, and drew not in his hand, till he had destroyed them. Therefore mourn the turrets and the broken walls together.
1 Kings 9:7
then I will weed Israel out of the land which I have given them. And this house which I have hallowed for my name, I will put out of my sight. And Israel shall be a proverb and a fable unto all nations.
Psalm 74:2
O think upon thy congregation, whom thou hast purchased, and redeemed of old; the staff of thine inheritance, whom thou hast redeemed, even this hill of Zion wherein thou dwellest.
Jeremiah 17:3
Wherefore, I will make all your substance and treasure be spoiled, for the great sin that ye have done upon your high places throughout all the coasts of your land.
Jeremiah 26:9
How darest thou be so bold, as to say in the name of the LORD, 'It shall happen to this house as it did unto Shiloh? And this city shall be so waste, that no man shall dwell therein?'"
Jeremiah 52:13
and burnt up the house of the LORD. He burnt up also the king's palace, all the houses, and all the gorgeous buildings in Jerusalem.
Micah 3:12
Therefore shall Zion, for your sakes, be plowed like a field: Jerusalem shall become a heap of stones, and the hill of the temple shall be turned to a high wood.
The foxes
Isaiah 32:13
My people's field shall bring thorns and thistles, for in every house is voluptuousness; and in the cities, willfulness.
Jeremiah 9:11
I will make Jerusalem also a heap of stones, and a den of venomous worms. And I will make the cities of Judah so waste, that no man shall dwell therein."
General references
Isaiah 24:12
Desolation shall remain in the cities, and the gates shall be smitten with destruction.
Isaiah 64:10
The cities of thy Sanctuary lie waste: Zion is a wilderness, and Jerusalem a desert.
Ezekiel 12:20
And the cities that now be well occupied, shall be void, and the land desolate: that ye may know how that I am the LORD.'"