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 on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
Isaiah 44:27
who says to the deep, 'Be dry,' and 'I will dry up your rivers;'

The men

Jeremiah 51:30
The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken.
Jeremiah 50:37
A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they shall be robbed.