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
"'As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a blowing leaf will pursue them, and they will flee as one who flees the sword and fall down even though there is no pursuer.
Isaiah 30:16
You say, 'No, we will flee on horses,' so you will indeed flee. You say, 'We will ride on fast horses,' so your pursuers will be fast.
Jeremiah 9:21
Death has climbed in through our windows. It has entered into our fortified houses. It has taken away our children who play in the streets. It has taken away our young men who gather in the city squares.'
Lamentations 1:20
(Resh) Look, O Lord! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.
Ezekiel 7:15
The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside the house. Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword, and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city.
2 Corinthians 7:5
For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way -- struggles from the outside, fears from within.
The young
Lamentations 2:19
(Qof) Get up! Cry out in the night when the night watches start! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord! Lift up your hands to him for your children's lives; they are fainting at every street corner.
Lamentations 4:4
(Dalet) The infant's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel.
General references
Jeremiah 48:43
Terror, pits, and traps are in store for the people who live in Moab. I, the Lord, affirm it!
Jeremiah 51:22
I used you to smash men and women. I used you to smash old men and young men. I used you to smash young men and young women.
Ezekiel 7:15
The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside the house. Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword, and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city.
Amos 8:13
In that day your beautiful young women and your young men will faint from thirst.