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
and that the fords are stopped. And they have burned the reeds with fire, and the men of war are frightened.
Psalm 76:5
The stouthearted have been stripped; they slept their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands.
Isaiah 13:7
Therefore all hands shall be faint, and every man's heart shall melt;
Isaiah 19:16
In that day Egypt shall be like women; and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of Hosts, which He shakes over it.
Nahum 3:13
Behold, your people in your midst are women. The gates of your land shall surely be opened to your enemies; the fire shall devour your bars.
Revelation 18:10
standing afar off for fear of her torment, saying, Woe! Woe to the great city, Babylon, that strong city! For in one hour your judgment came.
Her bars
Jeremiah 50:36
A sword is on the liars, and they shall become fools. A sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be afraid.
Isaiah 45:1
So says Jehovah to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have made strong in order to humble nations before him. And I will loosen the loins of kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut.
Lamentations 2:9
Her gates have sunk in the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her kings and her rulers are among the nations. The Law is no more; also her prophets also find no vision from Jehovah.
Amos 1:5
I will also break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the dweller from the Valley of Aven, and from him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden. And the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir, says Jehovah.
Nahum 3:13
Behold, your people in your midst are women. The gates of your land shall surely be opened to your enemies; the fire shall devour your bars.