Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

Bible References

Even

Isaiah 10:27
So it will be in that day, that the burden of the Assyrian will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because of the fat.
Isaiah 52:2

Shake yourself from the dust, arise,
O captive Jerusalem;
Rid yourself of the chains around your neck,
O captive Daughter of Zion.
Jeremiah 29:10
“For thus says the Lord, ‘When seventy years [of exile] have been completed for Babylon, I will visit (inspect) you and keep My good promise to you, to bring you back to this place.
Jeremiah 50:17
Israel is a hunted and scattered flock [driven here and there as prey]; the lions have chased them away. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken (gnawed) his bones.
Zechariah 9:11

As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you [My chosen people, the covenant that was sealed with blood]
I have freed your prisoners from the waterless pit.
Hebrews 2:14
Therefore, since [these His] children share in flesh and blood [the physical nature of mankind], He Himself in a similar manner also shared in the same [physical nature, but without sin], so that through [experiencing] death He might make powerless (ineffective, impotent) him who had the power of death—that is, the devil—
1 John 3:8
The one who practices sin [separating himself from God, and offending Him by acts of disobedience, indifference, or rebellion] is of the devil [and takes his inner character and moral values from him, not God]; for the devil has sinned and violated God’s law from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.

I will contend

Isaiah 41:11

“Indeed, all those who are angry with you will be put to shame and humiliated;
Those who strive against you will be as nothing and will perish.
Isaiah 54:15

“If anyone fiercely attacks you it will not be from Me.
Whoever attacks you will fall because of you.
Genesis 12:3

And I will bless (do good for, benefit) those who bless you,
And I will curse [that is, subject to My wrath and judgment] the one who curses (despises, dishonors, has contempt for) you.
And in you all the families (nations) of the earth will be blessed.”
Numbers 23:8

“How shall I curse those whom God has not cursed?
Or how can I [violently] denounce those the Lord has not denounced?
Jeremiah 51:35

“May the violence done to me and to my flesh and blood be upon Babylon,”
The inhabitant of Zion will say;
And, “May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,”
Jerusalem will say.
Zechariah 9:13

For I will bend Judah as My bow,
I will fit the bow with Ephraim [as My arrow].
And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece,
And will make you [Israel] like the sword of a warrior.
Zechariah 12:3
And in that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will come and be gathered against it.
Zechariah 14:3
Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle.
Romans 8:31
What then shall we say to all these things? If God is for us, who can be [successful] against us?
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints (God’s people) and apostles and prophets [who were martyred], because God has executed vengeance for you [through righteous judgment] upon her.”

I will save

Isaiah 54:13

“And all your [spiritual] sons will be disciples [of the Lord],
And great will be the well-being of your sons.
Galatians 4:26
But the Jerusalem above [that is, the way of faith, represented by Sarah] is free; she is our mother.

General references

Isaiah 25:3

Therefore a strong people will honor You;
Cities of terrible and violent nations will fear You.
Mark 3:27
But no one can go into a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first overpowers and ties up the strong man, and then he will ransack and rob his house.
Luke 11:22
But when someone stronger than he attacks and overpowers him, he robs him of all his armor on which he had relied and divides his [goods as] spoil.
John 8:36
So if the Son makes you free, then you are unquestionably free.