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, "Behold, a people comes from the north country. A great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
They are cruel
Psalm 74:20
Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
Psalm 137:8
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who rewards you, as you have served us.
Isaiah 13:17
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.
Isaiah 14:6
who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with my people, I profaned my inheritance, and gave them into your hand: you showed them no mercy; on the aged you have very heavily laid your yoke.
Habakkuk 1:6
For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Revelation 16:6
For they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this."
Their voice
Psalm 46:2
Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
Isaiah 5:30
They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.
Shall ride
Jeremiah 8:16
The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembles; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those who dwell therein.
Jeremiah 47:3
At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don't look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
Isaiah 5:28
whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.
Habakkuk 1:8
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.
Revelation 19:14
The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen.