Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
They shall deride
General references
Bible References
Scoff
2 Kings 24:12
Jehoiachin king of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials, surrendered to the king of Babylon.
So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.
So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.
2 Kings 25:6
The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they passed sentence on him.
2 Chronicles 36:6
Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked him and bound him in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
They shall deride
Isaiah 14:16 Those who see you will stare at you;
they will look closely at you:
“Is this the man who caused the earth to tremble,
who shook the kingdoms,
they will look closely at you:
“Is this the man who caused the earth to tremble,
who shook the kingdoms,
Jeremiah 32:24
Look! Siege ramps have come against the city to capture it, and the city, as a result of the sword, famine, and plague, has been handed over to the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened. Look, You can see it!
Jeremiah 33:4
For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says concerning the houses of this city and the palaces of Judah’s kings, the ones torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword:
Jeremiah 52:4
In the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army. They laid siege to the city and built a siege wall all around it.
General references
Nahum 3:12 All your fortresses are fig trees
with figs that ripened first;
when shaken, they fall—
right into the mouth of the eater!
with figs that ripened first;
when shaken, they fall—
right into the mouth of the eater!