Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
Bible References
The mighty
Jeremiah 51:32
the fords have been seized, the marshes are burned with fire, and the soldiers are in panic.
Psalm 76:5
The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands.
Isaiah 13:7
Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt.
Isaiah 19:16
In that day the Egyptians will be like women, and tremble with fear before the hand that the LORD of hosts shakes over them.
Nahum 3:13
Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has devoured your bars.
Revelation 18:10
They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, "Alas! Alas! You great city, you mighty city, Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come."
Her bars
Jeremiah 50:36
A sword against the diviners, that they may become fools! A sword against her warriors, that they may be destroyed!
Isaiah 45:1
Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:
Lamentations 2:9
Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has ruined and broken her bars; her king and princes are among the nations; the law is no more, and her prophets find no vision from the LORD.
Amos 1:5
I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir," says the LORD.
Nahum 3:13
Behold, your troops are women in your midst. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has devoured your bars.