'Silenced' in the Bible
“He keeps the feet of His godly ones,But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness;For not by might shall a man prevail.
But I am not silenced by the darkness,Nor deep gloom which covers me.
Like heat in drought, You subdue the uproar of aliens;Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is silenced.
“There is praise for Moab no longer;In Heshbon they have devised calamity against her:‘Come and let us cut her off from being a nation!’You too, Madmen, will be silenced;The sword will follow after you.
“Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets,And all the men of war will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord of hosts.
“Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,And all her men of war will be silenced in that day,” declares the Lord.
They have silenced me in the pitAnd have placed a stone on me.
“Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar,For all the people of Canaan will be silenced;All who weigh out silver will be cut off.