Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
Bible References
A drought
Jeremiah 50:12 Your mother will be greatly ashamed,
She who gave you birthwill be humiliated.
Behold, she will be the least of the nations,
Awilderness, a parched land and a desert.
She who gave you birth
Behold, she will be the least of the nations,
A
Jeremiah 51:32 The fords also have been seized,
And they have burned the marshes with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
And they have burned the marshes with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.
Isaiah 44:27 “It is I who says to the depth of the sea, ‘Be dried up!’
And I will make your riversdry.
And I will make your rivers
Revelation 16:12
The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared for the kings from the east.
Revelation 17:15
And he *said to me, “The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
The land
Jeremiah 50:2 “Declare and proclaim among the nations.
Proclaim it andlift up a standard.
Do not conceal it but say,
‘Babylon has been captured,
Bel has been put to shame, Marduk has been shattered;
Herimages have been put to shame, her idols have been shattered.’
Proclaim it and
Do not conceal it but say,
‘
Her
Jeremiah 51:44 “I will punish Bel in Babylon,
And I will make what he has swallowedcome out of his mouth;
And the nations will no longerstream to him.
Even thewall of Babylon has fallen down!
And I will make what he has swallowed
And the nations will no longer
Even the
Isaiah 46:1 Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;
Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle.
The thingsthat you carry are burdensome,
A load for the weary beast.
Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle.
The things
A load for the weary beast.
Daniel 5:4
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
Habakkuk 2:18 “What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it,
Oran image, a teacher of falsehood?
For its makertrusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.
Or
For its maker
When he fashions speechless idols.
Revelation 17:5
and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
Mad
Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of the Lord,
Intoxicating all the earth.
Thenations have drunk of her wine;
Therefore the nations aregoing mad.
Intoxicating all the earth.
The
Therefore the nations are
Isaiah 44:25 Causing the omens of boasters to fail,
Making fools out of diviners,
Causing wise men to draw back
Andturning their knowledge into foolishness,
And
Acts 17:16
Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols.