Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Proverb
Golden city
General references
Bible References
Proverb
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a terror and an evil for all the kingdoms of the earth, as a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse in all places where I will scatter them.
Ezekiel 5:15
So it will be a reproach, a reviling, a warning and an object of horror to the nations who surround you when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath and raging rebukes. I, the Lord, have spoken.
Habakkuk 2:6 “Will not all of these take up a taunt-song against him,
Even mockery and insinuations against him
And say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his—
For how long—
And makes himselfrich with loans?’
Even mockery and insinuations against him
And say, ‘
For how long—
And makes himself
Golden city
Isaiah 13:19 And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when Godoverthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Will be as when God
Isaiah 45:2 “I will go before you and make the rough places smooth;
I willshatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.
I will
2 Chronicles 36:18 All the articles of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his officers, he brought them all to Babylon.
Lamentations 4:1 How dark the gold has become,
How the pure gold has changed!
The sacred stones are poured out
At thecorner of every street.
How the pure gold has changed!
The sacred stones are poured out
At the
Daniel 2:38
and wherever the sons of men dwell, or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold.
Revelation 18:16
saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, she who was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls;
General references
Numbers 21:27
Therefore those who use proverbs say,
“Come to Heshbon! Let it be built!
So let the city of Sihon be established.
“Come to Heshbon! Let it be built!
So let the city of Sihon be established.
Jeremiah 49:25 “How the city of praise has not been deserted,
The town of My joy!
The town of My joy!
Jeremiah 50:23 “How the hammer of the whole earth
Has been cut off and broken!
How Babylon has become
An object of horror among the nations!
Has been cut off and broken!
How Babylon has become
An object of horror among the nations!