Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.

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Bible References

Mountains

Jeremiah 4:7

“A lion has left his lair,
And a destroyer of nations is on his way.
He has gone out from his place
To desolate your land;
Your cities will be in ruins
Without an inhabitant.
Ezekiel 19:1
“As for you, take up a dirge (funeral poem to be sung) for the princes of Israel
Ezekiel 38:12
to take spoil and seize plunder, to turn your hand against the ruins which are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods, who live at the center of the world [Israel].’
Daniel 7:4
The first (the Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar) was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle. I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man; a human mind was given to it.

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Psalm 48:3

God, in her palaces,
Has made Himself known as a stronghold.