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
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Bible References
Scoff
2 Kings 24:12
King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his sons, his officers, and the palace officials, surrendered to the Babylonians. In the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign he took Jehoiachin prisoner.
2 Kings 25:6
They made the king a prisoner and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah to be judged.
2 Chronicles 36:6
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim and put him in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
They shall deride
Isaiah 14:16
Those who see you stare at you. They look at you closely and say: 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook the kingdoms,
Jeremiah 32:24
The siege ramps have reached the city to take it. The city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine and the pestilence. You brought all this disaster on them.
Jeremiah 33:4
The houses in this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah have been torn down. They are used against the dirt ramps and weapons of the Babylonians. This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says about this:
Jeremiah 52:4
On the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. They set up camp and built dirt ramps around the city walls.
General references
Nahum 3:12
All your defenses will be like fig trees with the ripe figs. When shaken, the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.