Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

Shall not regard

Bible References

I will

Isaiah 13:3

I [the Lord] have commanded My consecrated ones,
I have even called My great warriors,
My proudly exulting ones [the Medes and the Persians who triumph for My honor]—
To execute My anger.
Isaiah 21:2

A harsh vision has been shown to me;
The treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media!
All the groaning [caused by Babylon’s ruthless oppressions] I [the Lord] have brought to an end.
Isaiah 41:25

“I have stirred up and put into action one from the north [the king of Persia, Cyrus the Great], and he has come;
From the rising of the sun he will call on My Name [in prayer].
And he will trample on [the Babylonian] officials as on mortar,
Even as a potter treads clay.”
Jeremiah 50:9

“For behold, I will stir up and bring up against Babylon
An assembly of great nations from the north country.
They will equip themselves and set up the battle lines against her;
From there she will be taken captive.
Their arrows will be like an expert warrior
Who will not return empty-handed.
Jeremiah 51:11

Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields [and cover yourselves]!
The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
Because His purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it;
For that is the vengeance of the Lord, vengeance [on Babylon] for [plundering and destroying] His temple.
Daniel 5:28
peres’—your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”

Shall not regard

Proverbs 6:34

For jealousy enrages the [wronged] husband;
He will not spare [the guilty one] on the day of vengeance.

General references

Psalm 94:6

They kill the widow and the alien
And murder the fatherless.
Isaiah 13:12

I will make mortal man more rare than fine gold,
And mankind [scarcer] than the pure gold of Ophir.
Jeremiah 50:41

“Behold, a people is coming from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Will be stirring from the remote parts of the earth.