Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

Extortioner

Bible References

Extortioner

Job 5:5

“The hungry devour his harvest
And take it even [when it grows] among the thorns;
The trap opens for [his] wealth.
Job 18:9

“A snare catches him by the heel,
And a trap snaps shut on him.
Job 20:18

“He gives back what he has labored for and attained
And cannot swallow it [down to enjoy it];
As to the riches of his labor,
He cannot even enjoy them.

Strangers

Deuteronomy 28:29
and you will be groping at noon [in broad daylight], just as the blind grope in the darkness, and nothing you do will prosper; but you will only be oppressed and exploited and robbed continually, with no one to save you.
Judges 6:3
For it was whenever Israel had sown [their seed] that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the people of the east and go up against them.