Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
Thy people
The gates
Thy bars
Bible References
Thy people
Isaiah 19:16
At that time the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because the Lord who commands armies brandishes his fist against them.
Jeremiah 50:37
Destructive forces will come against her horses and her chariots. Destructive forces will come against all the foreign troops within her; they will be as frightened as women! Destructive forces will come against her treasures; they will be taken away as plunder!
Jeremiah 51:30
The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting. They will remain in their fortified cities. They will lose their strength to do battle. They will be as frightened as women. The houses in her cities will be set on fire. The gates of her cities will be broken down.
The gates
Nahum 2:6
The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves.
Psalm 107:16
For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.
Isaiah 45:1
This is what the Lord says to his chosen one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed:
Thy bars
Psalm 147:13
For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.
Jeremiah 51:30
The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting. They will remain in their fortified cities. They will lose their strength to do battle. They will be as frightened as women. The houses in her cities will be set on fire. The gates of her cities will be broken down.