Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Their widows are multiplied unto me above the sand of the sea: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young man a spoiler at noonday: I have cast a terror on a sudden upon the cities. widows. Isaiah 3:25,26 Thy fairest men also shall fall by the sword, and thy valiant ones in battle. . . . Isaiah 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, take away our reproach. the mother, etc. Jeremiah 4:16 Say ye to the nations: Behold it is heard in Jerusalem, that guards are coming from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Juda. Jeremiah 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the wood hath slain them, a wolf in the evening hath spoiled them, a leopard watcheth for their cities: every one that shall go out thence shall be taken, because their transgressions are multiplied, their rebellions are strengthened. Jeremiah 6:4,5 Prepare ye war against her: arise, and let us go up at midday: woe unto us, for the day is declined, for the shadows of the evening are grown longer. . . . Luke 21:35 For as a snare shall it come upon all that sit upon the face of the whole earth. Context Judgment to Continue…7And I will scatter them with a fan in the gates of the land: I have killed and destroyed my people, and yet they are not returned from their ways. 8Their widows are multiplied unto me above the sand of the sea: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young man a spoiler at noonday: I have cast a terror on a sudden upon the cities.9She that hath borne seven is become weak, her soul hath fainted away: her sun is gone down, while it was yet day: she is confounded, and ashamed: and the residue of them I will give up to the sword in the sight of their enemies, saith the Lord.… Cross References Isaiah 3:25 Thy fairest men also shall fall by the sword, and thy valiant ones in battle. Isaiah 3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the ground. Isaiah 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying: We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, take away our reproach. Jeremiah 6:4 Prepare ye war against her: arise, and let us go up at midday: woe unto us, for the day is declined, for the shadows of the evening are grown longer. Jeremiah 16:3 For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and daughters, that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them: and concerning their fathers, of whom they were born in this land: Jeremiah 18:21 Therefore deliver up their children to famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be bereaved of children and widows: and let their husbands be slain by death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle. Jeremiah 22:7 And I will prepare against thee the destroyer and his weapons: and they shall cut down thy chosen cedars, and shall cast them headlong into the fire. Lamentations 5:3 We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows. Ezekiel 22:25 There is a conspiracy of prophets in the midst thereof: like a lion that roareth and catcheth the prey, they have devoured souls, they have taken riches and hire, they have made many widows in the midst thereof. Hosea 4:5 And thou shalt fall today, and the prophet also shall fall with thee: in the night I have made thy mother to be silent. Lexicon I will make their widowsאַלְמְנֹתָו֙ (’al·mə·nō·ṯāw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 490: A widow, a desolate place more numerous עָֽצְמוּ־ (‘ā·ṣə·mū-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 6105: To bind fast, close, powerful, numerous, to crunch the bones than the sand מֵח֣וֹל (mê·ḥō·wl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2344: Sand of the sea. יַמִּ֔ים (yam·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin I will bring הֵבֵ֨אתִי (hê·ḇê·ṯî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go a destroyer שֹׁדֵ֣ד (šō·ḏêḏ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7703: To deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin at noon בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם (baṣ·ṣā·ho·rā·yim) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6672: A light, double light, noon against עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the mothers אֵ֛ם (’êm) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 517: A mother, ) of young men. בָּח֖וּר (bā·ḥūr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 970: Selected, a youth I will suddenly פִּתְאֹ֔ם (piṯ·’ōm) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 6597: Suddenness, suddenly bring הִפַּ֤לְתִּי (hip·pal·tî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie upon them עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ (‘ā·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against anguish עִ֖יר (‘îr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement and dismay. וּבֶהָלֽוֹת׃ (ū·ḇe·hā·lō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 928: Dismay, sudden terror or ruin Additional Translations I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay.Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall on it suddenly, and terrors on the city. Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly. Their widows have been multiplied more than the sand of the sea: I have brought young men against the mother, even distress at noon-day: I have suddenly cast upon her trembling and anxiety. Their widows are increased to me more than the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them, against the mother of the young men, a spoiler at noonday; I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon her suddenly. Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly. Their widows are multiplied to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noon-day: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city. Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall on her suddenly. Its widows have been more to Me than the sand of the seas, I brought in to them -- against the mother -- A young man -- a spoiler -- at noon. I caused to fall upon her suddenly, wrath and trouble. 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