Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

Bright sword and the glittering spear

Bible References

Bright sword and the glittering spear

Nahum 2:4
The chariots race madly in the streets; they shall run to and fro in the open squares. Their appearance is like torches; they dart about like lightnings.
Genesis 3:24
And He drove out the man. And He placed cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
Habakkuk 3:11
The sun and moon stood still in their dwelling. At the light of Your arrows they go, and at the shining of Your gleaming spear.

And there

Isaiah 37:36
Then the angel of Jehovah went out and struck a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of Assyria. And they rose early in the morning, and behold! They were all dead corpses.
Ezekiel 31:3
Behold, Assyria was like a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and forest shade, and of great height. And his top was among the thick boughs.
Ezekiel 39:4
You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your bands, and the people with you. I will give you for food to the birds of prey of every kind, and to the beasts of the field.