Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

Bible References

Thy shepherds

Nahum 2:6
The gates of the rivers are opened
And the palace is dissolved.
Exodus 15:16
Terror and dread fall upon them;
By the greatness of Your arm they are motionless as stone;
Until Your people pass over, O Lord,
Until the people pass over whom You have purchased.
Psalm 76:5
The stouthearted were plundered,
They sank into sleep;
And none of the warriors could use his hands.
Isaiah 56:9
All you beasts of the field,
All you beasts in the forest,
Come to eat.
Jeremiah 51:39
“When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet
And make them drunk, that they may become jubilant
And may sleep a perpetual sleep
And not wake up,” declares the Lord.

O king

Jeremiah 50:18
Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I punished the king of Assyria.
Ezekiel 31:3
‘Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon
With beautiful branches and forest shade,
And very high,
And its top was among the clouds.
Ezekiel 32:22
Assyria is there and all her company; her graves are round about her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword,

Nobles

Isaiah 47:1
Come down and sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no longer be called tender and delicate.
Revelation 6:15
Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;

Thy people

1 Kings 22:17
So he said,
“I saw all Israel
Scattered on the mountains,
Like sheep which have no shepherd.
And the Lord said, ‘These have no master.
Let each of them return to his house in peace.’”
Isaiah 13:14
And it will be that like a hunted gazelle,
Or like sheep with none to gather them,
They will each turn to his own people,
And each one flee to his own land.

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