Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
Threshed
The fitches
Bible References
Threshed
Isaiah 41:15
"Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and double-edged. You will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like straw.
2 Kings 13:7
Jehoahaz had no army left except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops and trampled on them like dust.
Amos 1:3
This is what the Lord says: "Because Damascus has committed three crimes -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They ripped through Gilead like threshing sledges with iron teeth.
The fitches
Isaiah 27:7
Has the Lord struck down Israel like he did their oppressors? Has Israel been killed like their enemies?
Jeremiah 10:24
Correct us, Lord, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.
Jeremiah 46:28
I, the Lord, tell you not to be afraid, you descendants of Jacob, my servant, for I am with you. Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished."