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
Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He has stretched out the line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.
1 Kings 9:7
then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
Psalm 74:2
Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
Jeremiah 17:3
My mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures for a spoil, [and] your high places, because of sin, throughout all your borders.
Jeremiah 26:9
Why have you prophesied in the name of Yahweh, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? All the people were gathered to Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh.
Jeremiah 52:13
and he burned the house of Yahweh, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned he with fire.
Micah 3:12
Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.
The foxes
Isaiah 32:13
Thorns and briars will come up on my people's land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
Jeremiah 9:11
I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
General references
Isaiah 24:12
The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
Isaiah 64:10
Your holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Ezekiel 12:20
The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.