Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Bible References

Evening

Jeremiah 5:6
Therefore a lion from the forest will slay them,
A wolf of the deserts will destroy them,
A leopard is watching their cities.
Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces,
Because their transgressions are many,
Their apostasies are numerous.
Habakkuk 1:8
“Their horses are swifter than leopards
And keener than wolves in the evening.
Their horsemen come galloping,
Their horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.

General references

Exodus 23:6
You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
Isaiah 59:14
Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.
Jeremiah 9:13
The Lord said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,
Jeremiah 11:9
Then the Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 11:6
You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them.”