Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
The palaces
General references
Bible References
The palaces
Isaiah 5:9
I heard the Lord of Hosts say:
Indeed, many houses will become desolate,
grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.
grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.
Isaiah 24:1 Look, the Lord is stripping the earth bare
and making it desolate.
He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants:
and making it desolate.
He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants:
Isaiah 25:2 For You have turned the city into a pile of rocks,
a fortified city, into ruins;
the fortress of barbarians is no longer a city;
it will never be rebuilt.
a fortified city, into ruins;
the fortress of barbarians
it will never be rebuilt.
Isaiah 27:10 For the fortified city will be deserted,
pastures abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness.
Calves will graze there,
and there they will spread out and strip its branches.
pastures abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness.
Calves will graze there,
and there they will spread out and strip its branches.
2 Kings 25:9
He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.
Luke 21:20 “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that its desolation has come near.
For
Isaiah 13:19 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,
the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.
the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.
Isaiah 34:11 The desert owl and the screech owl will possess it,
and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line over her
for her destruction and chaos.
and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line over her
for her destruction and chaos.
Revelation 18:2
He cried in a mighty voice:
It has fallen,
Babylon the Great has fallen!
She has become a dwelling for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt for every unclean and despicable beast.
Babylon the Great has fallen!
She has become a dwelling for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt
General references
Isaiah 24:12 Only desolation remains in the city;
its gate has collapsed in ruins.
its gate has collapsed in ruins.
Jeremiah 25:37 Peaceful grazing land will become lifeless
because of the Lord’s burning anger.
because of the Lord’s burning anger.