Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Sheshach
The praise
An astonishment
General references
Bible References
Sheshach
Jeremiah 25:26
all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another—and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. And the king of Sheshach (Babylon) shall drink after them.
Daniel 5:1
Belshazzar the king [who was a descendant of Nebuchadnezzar] gave a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking his wine in the presence of the thousand [guests].
The praise
Jeremiah 49:25
“Why has the renowned city not been deserted,
The city of My joy!
“Why has the renowned city not been deserted,
The city of My joy!
Jeremiah 50:23
“How the hammer of the whole earth
Is crushed and broken!
How Babylon has become
A horror [of desolation] among the nations!
“How the hammer of the whole earth
Is crushed and broken!
How Babylon has become
A horror [of desolation] among the nations!
Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of theChaldeans’ pride,
Will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the
Will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them.
Isaiah 14:4
that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“How the oppressor has ceased [his insolence],
And how the fury has ceased!
And how the fury has ceased!
Daniel 2:38
and wherever the sons of men dwell, and the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You [king of Babylon] are the head of gold.
Daniel 4:22
it is you, O king, who have become great and grown strong; your greatness has increased and it reaches to heaven, and your dominion [reaches] to the ends of the earth.
Daniel 5:4
They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
Revelation 18:10
standing a long way off, in fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, the strong city, Babylon! In a single hour your judgment has come.’
An astonishment
Jeremiah 51:37
“Babylon will become a heap [of ruins], a haunt and dwelling place of jackals,
An object of horror (an astonishing desolation) and a hissing [of scorn and amazement], without inhabitants.
“Babylon will become a heap [of ruins], a haunt and dwelling place of jackals,
An object of horror (an astonishing desolation) and a hissing [of scorn and amazement], without inhabitants.
Jeremiah 50:46
At the shout, “Babylon has been seized!” the earth quakes, and an outcry is heard among the nations.
Deuteronomy 28:37
And you will become a horror, a proverb [a mere object lesson], and a taunt [a derisive joke] among all the people to which the Lord drives you.
2 Chronicles 7:21
And as for this house, which was so exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and appalled and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
Ezekiel 27:35
‘All the inhabitants of the coastlands
Are aghast and appalled at you,
And their kings are horribly frightened and shudder;
Their faces twitch and pale.
‘All the inhabitants of the coastlands
Are aghast and appalled at you,
And their kings are horribly frightened and shudder;
Their faces twitch and pale.
General references
Jeremiah 49:25
“Why has the renowned city not been deserted,
The city of My joy!
“Why has the renowned city not been deserted,
The city of My joy!