Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

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.
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.
Isaiah 5:17
Lambs will graze
as if in their own pastures,
and strangers will eat
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.
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.
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.
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.

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