Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce. Cross References Exodus 16:3 "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt!" they said. "There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!" Leviticus 26:39 Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers. 2 Kings 25:3 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. Jeremiah 16:4 "They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth." Ezekiel 24:23 Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves. Treasury of Scripture They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field. for Leviticus 26:39 Ezekiel 24:23 Ezekiel 33:10 pine away. |
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