Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
The young
General references
Bible References
Sword
Leviticus 26:36
And as for those of you who are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues.
Isaiah 30:16
and you said, "No! We will flee upon horses"; therefore you shall flee away; and, "We will ride upon swift steeds"; therefore your pursuers shall be swift.
Jeremiah 9:21
For death has come up into our windows; it has entered our palaces, cutting off the children from the streets and the young men from the squares.
Lamentations 1:20
"Look, O LORD, for I am in distress; my stomach churns; my heart is wrung within me, because I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword bereaves; in the house it is like death.
Ezekiel 7:15
The sword is without; pestilence and famine are within. He who is in the field dies by the sword, and him who is in the city famine and pestilence devour.
2 Corinthians 7:5
For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn--fighting without and fear within.
The young
Lamentations 2:19
"Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street."
Lamentations 4:4
The tongue of the nursing infant sticks to the roof of its mouth for thirst; the children beg for food, but no one gives to them.
General references
Jeremiah 48:43
Terror, pit, and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab! declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:22
with you I break in pieces man and woman; with you I break in pieces the old man and the youth; with you I break in pieces the young man and the young woman;
Ezekiel 7:15
The sword is without; pestilence and famine are within. He who is in the field dies by the sword, and him who is in the city famine and pestilence devour.
Amos 8:13
"In that day the lovely virgins and the young men shall faint for thirst.