Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
The multitude
As chaff
General references
Bible References
The multitude
Isaiah 10:16 Therefore the Lord God of Hosts
will inflict an emaciating disease
on the well-fed of Assyria,
and He will kindle a burning fire
under its glory.
will inflict an emaciating disease
on the well-fed of Assyria,
and He will kindle a burning fire
under its glory.
Isaiah 25:5 like heat in a dry land,
You subdue the uproar of barbarians.
As the shade of a cloud cools the heat of the day,
so He silences the song of the violent.
You subdue the uproar of barbarians.
As
so He silences the song of the violent.
Isaiah 31:3 Egyptians are men, not God;
their horses are flesh, not spirit.
When the Lord raises His hand to strike,
the helper will stumble
and the one who is helped will fall;
both will perish together.
their horses are flesh, not spirit.
When the Lord raises His hand to strike,
the helper will stumble
and the one who is helped will fall;
both will perish together.
Isaiah 37:36
Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!
As chaff
Isaiah 17:13 The nations rage like the raging of many waters.
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
He rebukes them, and they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills
and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
Job 21:18 Are they like straw before the wind,
like chaff a storm sweeps away?
like chaff
Psalm 1:4 The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
Psalm 35:5 Let them be like chaff in the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
At an
Isaiah 30:13 this iniquity of yours will be
like a spreading breach,
a bulge in a high wall
whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!
like a spreading breach,
a bulge in a high wall
whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!
Psalm 46:5 God is within her; she will not be toppled.
God will help her when the morning dawns.
God will help her when the morning dawns.
Psalm 76:5 The brave-hearted have been plundered;
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains come on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
General references
Psalm 48:4 Look! The kings assembled;
they advanced together.
they advanced together.