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
But your mother will be greatly ashamed. The woman who gave birth to you will be disgraced. Babylon, you will be the least important nation. You will become a parched desert.
Jeremiah 51:32
The river crossings have been taken. The enemy has burned its marshes, and its soldiers are terrified.
Isaiah 44:27
I say to the watery deep: 'Be a waste and I will dry up your rivers!'
Revelation 16:12
The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates. Its water was dried up so that the way might be prepared for the kings from the east.
Revelation 17:15
He says to me: The waters that you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, and crowds, and nations, and languages.
The land
Jeremiah 50:2
Declare and proclaim among the nations. Proclaim it and lift up a standard. Do not conceal it but say: 'Babylon has been captured. Bel has been put to shame. Marduk has been shattered! Her images have been put to shame and her idols have been shattered.'
Jeremiah 51:44
I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make Bel spit out everything that it has swallowed. Nations will no longer stream to Babylon. Its walls will fall.
Isaiah 46:1
Bel bows down and Nebo stoops low. Their idols are borne by beasts of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome. They are a burden for the weary.
Daniel 5:4
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, and of stone.
Habakkuk 2:18
What is an idol worth after the carver is done? It is merely a false god. Why trust a speechless image made by human hands from wood or metal?
Revelation 17:5
A name was written on her forehead, a mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.
Mad
Jeremiah 51:7
Babylon was like a gold cup in my hand, making the whole world drunk. The nations drank its wine and went out of their minds.
Isaiah 44:25
I make fools of fortunetellers and frustrate the predictions of astrologers. The words of the wise I refute and show that their wisdom is foolishness.
Acts 17:16
Paul waited for them at Athens. His spirit was irritated within him when he saw the city full of idols.