Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Gather
The houses
The residue
Shall not
General references
Bible References
Gather
Matthew 22:7
The king became furious and sent his army to destroy these murderers and burn their city.
Luke 2:1
Now it happened in those days that a decree was sent out from Caesar Augustus [the Emperor of the Roman Empire] requiring [people from] the whole empire to be registered [i.e., for taxation purposes].
The city
Matthew 23:37
"O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [you people] who murdered the prophets and stoned those who were sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather you people together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
Matthew 24:15
"Therefore, when you see that disgusting thing which causes total destruction [i.e., the Roman armies. See Luke 21:20], which Daniel the prophet spoke about [Dan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11], standing in the sacred place [i.e., Jerusalem and especially the Temple area], (let the reader understand [what is meant by this]),
Mark 13:14
"But when you see that disgusting thing that causes total destruction [i.e., the Roman army. See Luke 21:20] standing where it ought not to be [i.e., surrounding the besieged city of Jerusalem], (let the reader understand [what is meant by this]), then those of you in Judea are to run away into the [nearby] mountains.
Luke 19:43
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build a dirt wall around you, surrounding you, and hemming you in on every side.
Luke 21:20
"So, when you see Jerusalem surrounded by [Roman] armies, then you will know that her total destruction is near.
The houses
Matthew 24:19
It will be too bad for those who are pregnant and who are nursing babies in those days.
The residue
Luke 21:24
And people will die by the sword and be led captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled on by the [unconverted] Gentiles [i.e., by the Romans and later by others] until the times of [domination by] the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Shall not
Matthew 24:22
And if those days had not been as short as they were no one would have been saved [i.e., from the devastating destruction]. But for the sake of the elect [i.e., God's people], those days will be short.
Romans 9:27
And Isaiah declares about [the nation of] Israel [Isa. 10:22-23], "[Even] if the number of Israelites were [as many] as the grains of sand in the ocean, [still only] a small minority will be saved.
Galatians 4:26
But the heavenly Jerusalem [Heb. 12:22] consists of free people, and is the mother of us [Christians].
General references
Matthew 23:38
Look, your house [i.e., the Jewish Temple] is being abandoned [by me?].
Matthew 24:21
There will be great trouble [during these times], such as had never been from the beginning of time up to the present, or ever will be [in the days to come].