Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

General references

Deuteronomy 28:30
Thou shalt be betrothed unto a wife, and another shall lie with her. Thou shalt build a house and another shall dwell therein. Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not make it common.
Psalm 79:1
{A Psalm of Asaph} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem a heap of stones.
Isaiah 1:7
Your land lieth waste, your cities are burnt up, your enemies devour your land, and ye must be fain to stand, and look upon it: and it is desolate, as it were with enemies in a battle.
Isaiah 5:17
Then shall the sheep eat their appointed fodder; and the rich mens' lands, that were laid waste, shall strangers devour.
Isaiah 63:18
Thy people hath had but little of thy Sanctuary in possession, for our enemies have taken it in:
Jeremiah 6:12
Their houses with their lands and wives shall be turned unto strangers, when I stretch out mine hand upon the inhabiters of this land," sayeth the LORD.
Ezekiel 7:21
Moreover, I will give it into the hands of the strangers to be spoiled: and to the wicked for to be robbed, and they shall destroy it.
Zephaniah 1:13
Their goods shall be spoiled, and their houses laid waste. They shall build houses, and not dwell in them: they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.