Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
Damascus
Faint-hearted
Sorrow
On the sea
Bible References
Damascus
Genesis 14:15
He divided his forces against them by night. He and his servants routed them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.
Genesis 15:2
Abram said: O Jehovah God, what will you give me? I continue childless! The heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus.
1 Kings 11:24
and had become the leader of a gang of outlaws. This happened after David defeated Hadadezer and slaughtered his Syrian allies. Rezon and his gang lived in Damascus, where his followers made him king of Syria.
Isaiah 17:1
Damascus will cease to be a city, and will become a heap of ruins.
Isaiah 37:13
Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, or of Hena or Ivvah?'
Amos 1:3
I will not hold back punishment, said Jehovah, For the many transgressions of Damascus. This is because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.
Zechariah 9:1
The prophetic utterance of the word of Jehovah upon the land of Hadrach: Damascus will be its resting-place. The eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Jehovah.
2 Corinthians 11:32
The governor under King Aretas put guards around the city of Damascus to catch me.
Faint-hearted
Deuteronomy 20:8
The officers will also say to the men: Is there any man here who has lost his nerve and is afraid? If so, he is to go home. Otherwise, he will destroy the morale of the others.
Deuteronomy 14:8
The pig, because it divides the hoof but does not chew the cud, it is unclean for you. Do not eat any of their flesh nor touch their carcasses.
2 Samuel 17:10
Even the bravest man with a heart like a lion would lose his courage. All Israel knows that your father is a mighty man and the men with him are brave.
Isaiah 13:7
All hands will fall impaired (weakened). Every man's heart will melt (courage will fail).
Nahum 2:10
She is empty and void, a city laid waste! The hearts melt and the knees knock together. There is pain in all the hips and their faces have all grown pale.
Sorrow
Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked are like the troubled and restless sea, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
On the sea
Psalm 107:26
The sailors aboard ship rose toward the sky. They plunged into the depths. Their courage failed in the face of disaster.
Luke 8:23
Jesus fell asleep as they sailed to the other side. A large windstorm came to the lake. The boat was filling with water, and they were in danger.
Luke 21:25
There will be signs in sun and moon and stars. The earth will experience distress of nations in disarray for the roaring of the sea and the waves.
Acts 27:20
The sun and stars did not appear for many days. No small tempest pressed upon us. All hope of our being saved was taken away.