Matthew 24:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Nation shall

Hebrews 12:27

Famines

Acts 11:28

General references

Isaiah 29:6

Luke 12:51

Bible References

Nation shall

One nation was crushed by another, and one city by another, for God caused them to be in great turmoil.

Because of the anger of the Lord who commands armies, the land was scorched, and the people became fuel for the fire. People had no compassion on one another.

"I will provoke civil strife in Egypt, brothers will fight with each other, as will neighbors, cities, and kingdoms.

A total ruin I will make it! It will come to an end when the one arrives to whom I have assigned judgment.'

Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah: 'I am ready to shake the sky and the earth.

For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to wage war; the city will be taken, its houses plundered, and the women raped. Then half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be taken away.

Now this phrase "once more" indicates the removal of what is shaken, that is, of created things, so that what is unshaken may remain.

Famines

The earth is broken in pieces, the earth is ripped to shreds, the earth shakes violently.

"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments -- sword, famine, wild animals, and plague -- to Jerusalem to kill both people and animals!

I will produce portents both in the sky and on the earth -- blood, fire, and columns of smoke.

On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives which lies to the east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, leaving a great valley. Half the mountain will move northward and the other half southward.

There will be great earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.

And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

One of them, named Agabus, got up and predicted by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to come over the whole inhabited world. (This took place during the reign of Claudius.)

General references

Judgment will come from the Lord who commands armies, accompanied by thunder, earthquake, and a loud noise, by a strong gale, a windstorm, and a consuming flame of fire.

Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!