Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

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Bible References

To the pot

Ezekiel 24:11
“Then set it empty on its coals
So that it may be hot
And its bronze may glow
And its filthiness may be melted in it,
Its rust consumed.
Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows blow fiercely,
The lead is consumed by the fire;
In vain the refining goes on,
But the wicked are not separated.

Bring

Ezekiel 9:5
But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare.
Ezekiel 11:7
Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of the city are the flesh and this city is the pot; but I will bring you out of it.
Joshua 10:22
Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring these five kings out to me from the cave.”

Let no

Joshua 7:16
So Joshua arose early in the morning and brought Israel near by tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.
1 Samuel 14:40
Then he said to all Israel, “You shall be on one side and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.” And the people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”
2 Samuel 8:2
He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.
Joel 3:3
“They have also cast lots for My people,
Traded a boy for a harlot
And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
Obadiah 1:11
“On the day that you stood aloof,
On the day that strangers carried off his wealth,
And foreigners entered his gate
And cast lots for Jerusalem—
You too were as one of them.
Jonah 1:7
Each man said to his mate, “Come, let us cast lots so we may learn on whose account this calamity has struck us.” So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.
Nahum 3:10
Yet she became an exile,
She went into captivity;
Also her small children were dashed to pieces
At the head of every street;
They cast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound with fetters.

General references

Ezekiel 11:6
You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them.”