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 elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.
Isaiah 44:10
Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?
Jeremiah 23:32
Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,' says the LORD, 'and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I did not send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all,' says the LORD.
1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.
1 Corinthians 10:19
What am I saying then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?
That leaveth
John 10:12
He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
The sword
Isaiah 6:9
He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive.'
Isaiah 29:10
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes (the prophets), and he has covered your heads (the seers).
Isaiah 42:19
Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as the LORD's servant?
Jeremiah 50:35
A sword is on the Chaldeans," says the LORD, "and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her officials, and on her wise men.
Hosea 4:5
You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
Amos 8:9
It will happen in that day," says the Lord GOD, "that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
Micah 3:6
"Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
John 9:39
Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who do not see may see; and that those who see may become blind."
John 12:40
"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them."
Romans 11:7
What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
His arm
1 Samuel 2:31
Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house.
1 Kings 13:4
It happened, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him." His hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to himself.
Ezekiel 30:22
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong arm, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.