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 utterly humiliated;
she who bore you will be put to shame.
Look! She will lag behind all the nations—
a dry land, a wilderness, an Arabah.
Jeremiah 51:32
The fords have been seized,
the marshes set on fire,
and the soldiers are terrified.
Isaiah 44:27
who says to the depths of the sea, “Be dry,”
and I will dry up your rivers;
Revelation 16:12
The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east.
Revelation 17:15
He also said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

The land

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.
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.
Isaiah 46:1
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers.
Their idols are consigned to beasts and cattle.
The images you carry are loaded,
as a burden for the weary animal.
Daniel 5:4
They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
Habakkuk 2:18
What use is a carved idol
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
Revelation 17:5
On her forehead a cryptic name was written:

BABYLON THE GREAT

THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES

AND OF THE VILE THINGS OF THE EARTH.

Mad

Jeremiah 51:7
Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand,
making the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
therefore, the nations go mad.
Isaiah 44:25
who destroys the omens of the false prophets
and makes fools of diviners;
who confounds the wise
and makes their knowledge foolishness;
Acts 17:16
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was troubled within him when he saw that the city was full of idols.

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