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.

Bible References

Sword

Leviticus 26:36
“I will put anxiety in the hearts of those of you who survive in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a wind-driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as one flees from a sword, and fall though no one is pursuing them.
Isaiah 30:16
You say, “No!
We will escape on horses”—
therefore you will escape!—
and, “We will ride on fast horses”—
but those who pursue you will be faster.
Jeremiah 9:21
for Death has climbed through our windows;
it has entered our fortresses,
cutting off children from the streets,
young men from the squares.
Lamentations 1:20
ר ReshLord, see how I am in distress.
I am churning within;
my heart is broken,
for I have been very rebellious.
Outside, the sword takes the children;
inside, there is death.
Ezekiel 7:15
The sword is on the outside;
plague and famine are on the inside.
Whoever is in the field will die by the sword,
and famine and plague will devour
whoever is in the city.
2 Corinthians 7:5
In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. Instead, we were troubled in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears inside.

The young

Lamentations 2:19
ק QofArise, cry out in the night
from the first watch of the night.
Pour out your heart like water
before the Lord’s presence.
Lift up your hands to Him
for the lives of your children
who are fainting from hunger
on the corner of every street.
Lamentations 4:4
ד DaletThe nursing infant’s tongue
clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst.
Little children beg for bread,
but no one gives them any.

General references

Jeremiah 48:43
Panic, pit, and trap
await you, resident of Moab.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 51:22
With you I will smash man and woman;
with you I will smash the old man and the youth;
with you I will smash the young man and the young woman.
Ezekiel 7:15
The sword is on the outside;
plague and famine are on the inside.
Whoever is in the field will die by the sword,
and famine and plague will devour
whoever is in the city.
Amos 8:13
In that day the beautiful young women,
the young men also, will faint from thirst.

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