Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
General references
Bible References
General references
Deuteronomy 28:30
A wife, shalt thou betroth, and, another man shall lie with her. A house, shalt thou build, and shalt not dwell therein, - A vineyard, shalt thou plant, and shalt not throw it open;
Psalm 79:1
O God, nations, Have entered thine inheritance, Have profaned thy holy temple, - Have laid Jerusalem in heaps:
Isaiah 1:7
Your country - is a desolation, Your cities - are consumed with fire, - Your soil - right before your eyes, foreigners are devouring it, And it is a desolation a very overthrow by foreigners;
Isaiah 5:17
Then shall the young rams feed where they please, - And, the wastes of the wealthy, shall strangers consume.
Isaiah 63:18
For a short time only, did thy holy people hold possession, - Our adversaries, trod down thy sanctuary!
Jeremiah 6:12
And their houses shall be turned over to others, Fields and wives together, - For I will stretch out my hand against the inhabitants of the land, Declareth Yahweh.
Ezekiel 7:21
Yea I will deliver it Into the hand of foreigners for a prey, And to the lawless ones of the earth for a spoil, And they will profane it;
Zephaniah 1:13
Therefore shall their goods become a booty, and their houses, a desolation, - and they shall build houses, but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.