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 occupied; the fens burnt up; and the soldiers sore afraid.
Psalm 76:5
The proud shall be robbed and sleep their sleep, and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.
Isaiah 13:7
Then shall all hands be letten down, and all men's hearts shall melt away;
Isaiah 19:16
Then shall the Egyptians be like unto women, afraid and astounded, at the motion of the hands which the LORD of Hosts shall shake over them.
Nahum 3:13
Behold, thy people within thee are but women: the ports of thy land shall be open unto thine enemies, and the fire shall devour thy bars.
Revelation 18:10
and shall stand afar off, for fear of her punishment, saying, 'Alas, Alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city: For at one hour is her judgment come.'
Her bars
Jeremiah 50:36
The sword upon their soothsayers: as for those, they shall become fools. The sword upon their worthies: so that they shall stand in fear.
Isaiah 45:1
Thus sayeth the LORD unto Cyrus his anointed, whom I have taken by the righthand, to subdue nations before him: I will loose the girdles of kings, that they shall open the gates before thy face, and not to shut their doors.
Lamentations 2:9
{Tet} Her ports are cast down to the ground, her bars are broken and smitten in sunder: her king and princes are carried away to the gentiles. They have neither law nor Prophets, nor yet any vision from the LORD.
Amos 1:5
Thus will I break the bars of Damascus, and root out the inhabiter from the field of Aven, and him that holdeth the scepter, out of the pleasant house: so that the people shall be driven out of fair Syria,' sayeth the LORD.
Nahum 3:13
Behold, thy people within thee are but women: the ports of thy land shall be open unto thine enemies, and the fire shall devour thy bars.