Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

Bible References

Shall dash

Isaiah 13:16
Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped.
2 Kings 8:12
Hazael asked, "Why are you crying, my master?" He replied, "Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites. You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, smash their children to bits, and rip open their pregnant women."
Hosea 13:16
Samaria will be held guilty, because she rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants will be dashed to the ground -- their pregnant women will be ripped open.
Nahum 2:1
The watchmen of Nineveh shout: "An enemy who will scatter you is marching out to attack you!" "Guard the rampart! Watch the road! Prepare yourselves for battle! Muster your mighty strength!"
Nahum 3:10
Yet she went into captivity as an exile; even her infants were smashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her nobility; all her dignitaries were bound with chains.

Their eye

2 Chronicles 36:17
He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered their young men in their temple. He did not spare young men or women, or even the old and aging. God handed everyone over to him.
Ezekiel 9:5
While I listened, he said to the others, "Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare anyone!

General references

Psalm 94:6
They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless.
Isaiah 13:12
I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce than gold from Ophir.
Isaiah 40:30
Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble.
Jeremiah 50:41
"Look! An army is about to come from the north. A mighty nation and many kings are stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.

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