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!

Bible References

Proverb

Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them an object of horror and disaster to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace, an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing, wherever I have banished them.
Ezekiel 5:15
So you will be a disgrace and a taunt, a warning and a horror, to the nations around you when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and furious rebukes. I, Yahweh, have spoken.
Habakkuk 2:6
Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say:


Woe to him who amasses what is not his—
how much longer?—
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.

Golden city

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.
Isaiah 45:2
“I will go before you
and level the uneven places;
I will shatter the bronze doors
and cut the iron bars in two.
2 Chronicles 36:18
He took everything to Babylon—all the articles of God’s temple, large and small, the treasures of the Lord’s temple, and the treasures of the king and his officials.
Lamentations 4:1
How the gold has become tarnished,
the fine gold become dull!
The stones of the temple lie scattered
at the corner of every street.
Daniel 2:38
Wherever people live—or wild animals, or birds of the air—He has handed them over to you and made you ruler over them all. You are the head of gold.
Revelation 18:16
saying:

Woe, woe, the great city,
dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet,
adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls,

General references

Numbers 21:27
Therefore the poets say:

Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt;
let the city of Sihon be restored.
Jeremiah 49:25
How can the city of praise not be abandoned,
the town that brings Me joy?
Jeremiah 50:23
How the hammer of the whole earth
is cut down and smashed!
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!

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