'Mire' in the Bible
Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?
He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
His underparts are like'sharp potsherds: He spreadeth as it were a threshing-wain upon the mire.
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee: now that thy feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.
Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see my desire upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
And they shall be as mighty men, treading down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.