The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. (Deuteronomy 32:25)
This verse portrays warfare as the climax of evils. It would spare neither age nor sex, and no place could afford safety from its effects (see Jer. 9:19-22; Lam. 1:20; Eze. 7:15).