Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
That leaveth
The sword
His arm
Bible References
Idol
Isaiah 9:15
The ancient and venerable to look upon is the head; the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.
Isaiah 44:10
Who has formed God? And who cast a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Jeremiah 23:32
Behold, I am against those that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and did tell them, and caused my people to err by their lies, and by their flattery; yet I did not send them, nor command them; and they did not profit this people at all, said the LORD.
1 Corinthians 8:4
As concerning, therefore, the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
1 Corinthians 10:19
What do I say then? that the idol is anything or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything?
That leaveth
John 10:12
But the hireling, who is not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches them and scatters the sheep.
The sword
Isaiah 6:9
Then he said, Go and tell this people, Hear indeed, but do not understand; and see indeed, but do not perceive.
Isaiah 29:10
For the LORD has extended upon you the spirit of deep sleep and has closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, he has covered the seers with sleep.
Isaiah 42:19
Who is blind, but my slave? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? Who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the slave of the LORD,
Jeremiah 50:35
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, said the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon and upon her princes and upon her wise men.
Hosea 4:5
Therefore thou shalt fall in the day, and the prophet shall also fall with thee by night, and I will cut off thy mother.
Amos 8:9
And it shall come to pass in that day, said the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will cover the earth with darkness in the clear day;
Micah 3:6
Therefore the vision shall be made night unto you, and darkness unto those that divine, and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
John 9:39
And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see might see and that those who see might be blinded.
John 12:40
He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, that they should not see with their eyes nor understand with their heart and be converted, and I should heal them.
Romans 11:7
What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks after; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded
His arm
1 Samuel 2:31
Behold, the days come that I will cut off thine arm and the arm of thy father's house that there shall not be an old man in thy house.
1 Kings 13:4
And when King Jeroboam heard the word of the man of God, who had cried out against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
Ezekiel 30:22
Therefore thus hath the Lord GOD said: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.