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 on those of you that are left I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. And the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as if fleeing from a sword. And they shall fall when none pursues.
Isaiah 30:16
But you said, No; for we will flee on a horse. Therefore you shall flee. And you said, We will ride on the swift; therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
Jeremiah 9:21
For death has come up into our windows, and has entered into our houses, to cut off the children from outside and the young men from the streets.
Lamentations 1:20
Behold, O Jehovah, for I am in trouble; my inward parts ferment; my heart is turned within me, for I have grievously rebelled. On the outside the sword bereaves; in the house it is as death.
Ezekiel 7:15
The sword is outside, and the plague and the famine inside. He who is in the field shall die with the sword; and he in the city shall be devoured by famine and plague.
2 Corinthians 7:5
For, indeed, coming into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but being troubled in every way, with fightings on the outside, and fears on the inside.
The young
Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night. At the beginning of the watches, pour out your heart like water before the face of Jehovah. Lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your children who are faint for hunger in the head of every street.
Lamentations 4:4
The suckling's tongue cleaves to his palate in thirst; the young children ask bread; there is no breaking to them.
General references
Jeremiah 48:43
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be on you, O Moabite, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 51:22
Also with you I will shatter man and woman; and with you I will shatter old and young; and with you I will shatter the young man and the girl.
Ezekiel 7:15
The sword is outside, and the plague and the famine inside. He who is in the field shall die with the sword; and he in the city shall be devoured by famine and plague.
Amos 8:13
In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men shall faint for thirst.