Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
General references
Bible References
General references
Deuteronomy 28:30
You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit.
Psalm 79:1
A psalm of Asaph.God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance,
desecrated Your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins.
desecrated Your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins.
Isaiah 1:7 Your land is desolate,
your cities burned with fire;
foreigners devour your fields
before your very eyes—
a desolation demolished by foreigners.
your cities burned with fire;
foreigners devour your fields
before your very eyes—
a desolation demolished by foreigners.
Isaiah 5:17 Lambs will graze
as if in their own pastures,
and strangers will eat
among the ruins of the rich.
as if in
and strangers
among the ruins of the rich.
Isaiah 63:18 Your holy people had a possession
for a little while,
but our enemies have trampled down
Your sanctuary.
for a little while,
but our enemies have trampled down
Your sanctuary.
Jeremiah 6:12 Their houses will be turned over to others,
their fields and wives as well,
for I will stretch out My hand
against the inhabitants of the land.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
their fields and wives as well,
for I will stretch out My hand
against the inhabitants of the land.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Ezekiel 7:21 I will hand these things over
to foreigners as plunder
and to the wicked of the earth as spoil,
and they will profane them.
to foreigners as plunder
and to the wicked of the earth as spoil,
and they will profane them.
Zephaniah 1:13 Their wealth will become plunder
and their houses a ruin.
They will build houses but never live in them,
plant vineyards but never drink their wine.
and their houses a ruin.
They will build houses but never live in them,
plant vineyards but never drink their wine.