Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
A burden
Bible References
Bel
Isaiah 21:9 Look, riders come—
horsemen in pairs.”
And he answered, saying,
“Babylon has fallen, has fallen.
All the images of her gods
have been shattered on the ground.”
horsemen in pairs.”
And he answered, saying,
“Babylon has fallen,
All the images of her gods
have been shattered on the ground.”
Isaiah 41:6 Each one helps the other,
and says to another, “Take courage!”
and says to another, “Take courage!”
Exodus 12:12
“I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night and strike every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. I am Yahweh; I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt.
1 Samuel 5:3
When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen with his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.
Jeremiah 48:1
About Moab, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:
Woe to Nebo, because it is about to be destroyed;
Kiriathaim will be put to shame; it will be taken captive.
The fortress will be put to shame and dismayed!
Kiriathaim will be put to shame;
The fortress will be put to shame and dismayed!
Jeremiah 50:2 Announce to the nations;
proclaim and raise up a signal flag;
proclaim, and hide nothing.
Say: Babylon is captured;
Bel is put to shame;
Marduk is devastated;
her idols are put to shame;
her false gods, devastated.
proclaim and raise up a signal flag;
proclaim, and hide nothing.
Say: Babylon is captured;
Bel
Marduk is devastated;
her idols are put to shame;
her false gods, devastated.
Jeremiah 51:44 I will punish Bel in Babylon.
I will make him vomit what he swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him;
even Babylon’s wall will fall.
I will make him vomit what he swallowed.
The nations will no longer stream to him;
even Babylon’s wall will fall.
A burden
Isaiah 2:20 On that day people will throw
their silver and gold idols,
which they made to worship,
to the moles and the bats.
their silver and gold idols,
which they made to worship,
to the moles and the bats.
Jeremiah 10:5 Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch,
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them for they can do no harm—
and they cannot do any good.
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried
Do not fear them for they can do no harm
and they cannot do any good.