Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Hold
They are cruel
Their voice
Bible References
Hold
Jeremiah 6:22
Thus says Yahweh: "Look, a people [is] coming from [the] land of [the] north, a great nation is woken up from [the] farthest part of [the] earth.
They are cruel
Psalm 74:20
Have regard for the covenant, because [the] dark places of [the] land are full of [the] haunts of violence.
Psalm 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated, happy [shall be he] who pays back to you {what you paid out to us}.
Isaiah 13:17
Look! I [am] stirring the Medes up against them, who do not value silver and do not delight in gold.
Isaiah 14:6
that struck [the] peoples in wrath, a blow without ceasing, that ruled [the] nations in anger {with unrestrained persecution}.
Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with my people; I profaned my inheritance, and I gave them into your hand. You did not {give} them mercy; on [the] aged you made your yoke very heavy.
Habakkuk 1:6
For look! I am raising up the Chaldeans, the bitter and impetuous nation, the one who walks through the spacious places of earth to take possession of dwellings not belonging to it.
James 2:13
For judgment [is] merciless to the one who has not practiced mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Revelation 16:6
because they have poured out the blood of the saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; they are deserving!"
Their voice
Psalm 46:2
Therefore we will not fear though [the] earth change, and though the mountains totter into [the] {midst} of [the] sea,
Isaiah 5:30
And he will roar over him on that day like [the] roaring of [the] sea, and [if] one looks to the land, look! Darkness! Distress! And [the] light grows dark with its clouds.
Shall ride
Jeremiah 8:16
"From Dan is heard the snorting of their horses, from the sound of the neighing of their stallions all the land quakes, for they come and devour the land, and that which fills [the] city, and [those who] live in it.
Jeremiah 47:3
from the sound of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions, from the clattering of his chariots, the noise of their wheels. Fathers do not turn to [their] children because of [the] slackness of [their] hands.
Isaiah 5:28
Whose arrows are sharp, and all of his bows are bent. The hoofs of his horses are reckoned like flint, and his wheels like the storm wind.
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses [are] more swift than leopards; they are more menacing than wolves [at] dusk. Their horsemen gallop; their horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle [that is] swift to devour.
Revelation 19:14
And the armies [that are] in heaven, dressed in clean, white fine linen, were following him on white horses.