Jeremiah 51:30

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.

The mighty

Her bars

Nahum 3:13

Bible References

The mighty

The fords have been captured, and the marshes burned with fire. The soldiers are terrified.

Brave men were plundered while they slumbered in their sleep. All the men of the army were immobilized.

Because of this, every hand will go limp, and every man's courage will melt.

At that time, the Egyptians will be like women they will shudder and be afraid before the uplifted hand of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, when he brandishes his hand against her.

Look at your people they are women! Your borders stand wide open to your enemies, while fire consumes the bars of your gates."

Frightened by the torture that she experiences, they will stand far away and cry out, "How terrible, how terrible it is for that great city, the powerful city Babylon, because your judgment arrived in a single hour!"

Her bars

A sword against the diviners. They'll be made fools. A sword against her warriors. They'll be shattered.

This is what the LORD says to his anointed, Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, as I strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him and gates that cannot keep closed:

Jerusalem's gates collapsed to the ground; he destroyed and broke the bars of her gates. Both king and prince have gone into captivity. There is no instruction, and the prophets receive no vision from the LORD.

I will shatter the gate bars of Damascus, and I will cut off the residents of the Aven Valley, along with the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Aram will be exiled to Kir," says the LORD.

Look at your people they are women! Your borders stand wide open to your enemies, while fire consumes the bars of your gates."