He is come up that shall destroy before thy face, that shall keep the siege: watch the way, fortify thy loins, strengthen thy power exceedingly.

He that dasheth in pieces.

Isaiah 14:6 That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.

Jeremiah 25:9 Behold I will send, and take all the kindreds of the north, saith the Lord, and Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon my servant: and I will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all the nations that are round about it: and I will destroy them, and make them an astonishment and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

Jeremiah 50:23 How is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed! how is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations!

Jeremiah 51:20-23 Thou dashest together for me the weapons of war, and with thee I will dash nations together, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms: . . .

keep.

Nahum 3:14,15 Draw thee water for the siege, build up thy bulwarks: go into the clay, and tread, work it and make brick. . . .

2 Chronicles 25:8 And if thou think that battles consist in the strength of the army, God will make thee to be overcome by the enemies: for it belongeth to God both to help, and to put to flight.

Jeremiah 46:3-10 Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go forth to battle. . . .

Jeremiah 51:11,12 Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers, the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: and his mind is against Babylon to destroy it, because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple. . . .

Joel 3:9-11 Proclaim ye this among the nations: Prepare war, raise up the strong: let them come, let all the men of war come up. . . .