Jeremiah 50:12
she who bore you will be put to shame.
Look! She will lag behind all
a dry land, a wilderness,
Jeremiah 51:43
a dry and arid land,
a land where no one lives,
where no human being passes through.
Isaiah 13:20-22
or lived in from generation to generation;
a nomad will not pitch his tent there,
and shepherds will not let their flocks rest there.
Isaiah 14:22
“I will rise up against them”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will cut off from Babylon her reputation, remnant, offspring, and posterity”—this is the Lord’s declaration.
Isaiah 23:13
a people who no longer exist.
Assyria destined it for desert creatures.
They set up their siege towers
and stripped its palaces.
They made it a ruin.
Jeremiah 25:12
When the 70 years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it a ruin forever.
Jeremiah 25:26
that is, all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth.
Finally, the king of Sheshach
Jeremiah 49:2
this is the Lord’s declaration—
when I will make the shout of battle
against Rabbah of the Ammonites.
It will become a desolate mound,
and its villages will be burned down.
Israel will dispossess their dispossessors,
says the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:35-40
this is the Lord’s declaration—
against those who live in Babylon,
against her officials, and against her sages.
Jeremiah 51:25-26
this is the Lord’s declaration—
you devastate the whole earth.
I will stretch out My hand against you,
roll you down from the cliffs,
and turn you into a charred mountain.
Jeremiah 51:62-64
You must say, ‘Lord, You have threatened to cut off
Galatians 4:26
But the Jerusalem above
Revelation 17:5
On her forehead a cryptic name
BABYLON THE GREAT
THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES
AND OF THE VILE THINGS OF THE EARTH.
Revelation 18:21-23
Then a mighty angel
will be thrown down violently
and never be found again.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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The hindermost
A wilderness
General references
Bible References
Mother
this is the Lord’s declaration—
when I will make the shout of battle
against Rabbah of the Ammonites.
It will become a desolate mound,
and its villages will be burned down.
Israel will dispossess their dispossessors,
says the Lord.
BABYLON THE GREAT
THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES
AND OF THE VILE THINGS OF THE EARTH.
The hindermost
that is, all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth.
Finally, the king of Sheshach
a people who no longer exist.
Assyria destined it for desert creatures.
They set up their siege towers
and stripped its palaces.
They made it a ruin.
A wilderness
this is the Lord’s declaration—
against those who live in Babylon,
against her officials, and against her sages.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
you devastate the whole earth.
I will stretch out My hand against you,
roll you down from the cliffs,
and turn you into a charred mountain.
or lived in from generation to generation;
a nomad will not pitch his tent there,
and shepherds will not let their flocks rest there.
will be thrown down violently
and never be found again.
General references
and ostriches will also live in her.
It will never again be inhabited
or lived in through all generations.