Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.

With silence

General references

Bible References

The songs

Amos 8:10
“Then I will turn your festivals into mourning
And all your songs into lamentation;
And I will bring sackcloth on everyone’s loins
And baldness on every head.
And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.
Amos 5:23
“Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.
Hosea 10:5
The inhabitants of Samaria will fear
For the calf of Beth-aven.
Indeed, its people will mourn for it,
And its idolatrous priests will cry out over it,
Over its glory, since it has departed from it.
Joel 1:5
Awake, drunkards, and weep;
And wail, all you wine drinkers,
On account of the sweet wine
That is cut off from your mouth.
Zechariah 11:1
Open your doors, O Lebanon,
That a fire may feed on your cedars.

Many

Amos 4:10
“I sent a plague among you after the manner of Egypt;
I slew your young men by the sword along with your captured horses,
And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils;
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.
Isaiah 37:36
Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, all of these were dead.
Jeremiah 9:21
For death has come up through our windows;
It has entered our palaces
To cut off the children from the streets,
The young men from the town squares.
Nahum 3:3
Horsemen charging,
Swords flashing, spears gleaming,
Many slain, a mass of corpses,
And countless dead bodies—
They stumble over the dead bodies!

They shall

Amos 6:9
And it will be, if ten men are left in one house, they will die.
Jeremiah 22:18
Therefore thus says the Lord in regard to Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah,
“They will not lament for him:
Alas, my brother!’ or, ‘Alas, sister!’
They will not lament for him:
‘Alas for the master!’ or, ‘Alas for his splendor!’

With silence

Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke, saying,
‘By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy,
And before all the people I will be honored.’”
So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.
Psalm 39:9
“I have become mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who have done it.

General references

Isaiah 24:9
They do not drink wine with song;
Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.