Verse 10

His sons will wage war, mustering a large army which will advance like an overflowing river and carrying the battle all the way to the enemy’s fortress.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 46:7-8 : 7 Who is this that rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage? 8 Egypt rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage. Egypt said,‘I will arise and cover the earth. I will destroy cities and the people who inhabit them.’
  • Jer 51:42 : 42 The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.
  • Dan 9:26 : 26 Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction.
  • Dan 11:7 : 7 “There will arise in his place one from her family line who will come against their army and will enter the stronghold of the king of the north and will move against them successfully.
  • Dan 11:22 : 22 Armies will be suddenly swept away in defeat before him; both they and a covenant leader will be destroyed.
  • Dan 11:26 : 26 Those who share the king’s fine food will attempt to destroy him, and his army will be swept away; many will be killed in battle.
  • Dan 11:39-40 : 39 He will attack mighty fortresses, aided by a foreign deity. To those who recognize him he will grant considerable honor. He will place them in authority over many people, and he will parcel out land for a price. 40 “At the time of the end the king of the south will attack him. Then the king of the north will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and a large armada of ships. He will invade lands, passing through them like an overflowing river.
  • Isa 8:7-8 : 7 So look, the Lord is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River– the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks. 8 It will spill into Judah, flooding and engulfing, as it reaches to the necks of its victims. He will spread his wings out over your entire land, O Immanuel.”
  • Isa 25:12 : 12 The fortified city(along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.