Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

Bible References

The passages

Jeremiah 50:38
A drought, is against her waters, And they shall be dried up, - For a land of images, it is, And with their shocking things, they act as men who are mad:
Isaiah 44:27
Who saith to the deep - Be dry and Thy rivers, will I drain!

The men

Jeremiah 51:30
The heroes of Babylon have ceased to fight They have remained in the strongholds, Parched is their might, They have become women, - They have set fire to her habitations, Broken are her bars!
Jeremiah 50:37
A sword, is against his hopes and against his chariots and, against all the rabble that are in her midst And they shall become women, - A sword, is against her treasures And they shall be made a prey: