Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

And the sword

General references

Bible References

I will burn

Joshua 11:9
Joshua did to them what Jehovah told him to do. He hamstrung their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
2 Kings 19:23
You defy Jehovah and through your servants you say: 'With my many chariots I ride up the high mountains, up the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypresses. I travel to its most distant borders and its most fertile forests.
Psalm 46:9
He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth! He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two. He burns the chariots (instruments of destruction) with fire.

And the sword

Isaiah 31:8
Then Assyrians will be killed with a sword not made by human hands. The swords not made by human hands will destroy them. They will flee from battle, and their young men will be made to do forced labor.
Isaiah 37:36
The angel of Jehovah put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. The people got up the next morning and saw all the dead bodies!

I will cut

Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! It is full of lies and robbery! The prey does not leave.
Isaiah 33:1
Woe to you who destroy for you have not been destroyed! Woe to you who betray for you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying you will be betrayed.
Isaiah 49:24
Can the prey be taken from the strong man? Can the captives be rescued from the tyrant?

The voice

2 Kings 18:17
The king of Assyria sent his commander-in-chief (Tartan), his quartermaster, and his field commander with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They stood at the channel for the Upper Pool on the road to the Laundryman's Field.
2 Kings 19:9
Sennacherib heard that King Tirhakah of Sudan was coming to fight him. Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying:
2 Chronicles 32:9
Sennacherib and his troops were camped at the town of Lachish. He sent a message to Hezekiah and the people in Jerusalem. It said:

General references

Jeremiah 51:21
I will use you to crush horses and their riders. I will use you to crush chariots and their drivers.