Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
Destroyed
General references
Bible References
Destroyed
Jeremiah 51:38
“They (the Chaldean lords) will be roaring together [before their sudden capture] like young lions [roaring over their prey],
They (the princes) will be growling like lions’ cubs.
“They (the Chaldean lords) will be roaring together [before their sudden capture] like young lions [roaring over their prey],
They (the princes) will be growling like lions’ cubs.
Jeremiah 25:10
Moreover, I will take from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones [grinding meal] and the light of the lamp [to light the night].
Jeremiah 50:10
“Chaldea will become plunder;
All who plunder her will be satisfied,” says the Lord.
“Chaldea will become plunder;
All who plunder her will be satisfied,” says the Lord.
Isaiah 15:1
The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Moab:
Because in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined;
Because in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
Because in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
Isaiah 24:8
The mirth of the timbrels (tambourines) ceases,
The noise of those who rejoice ends,
The joy of the harp ceases.
The mirth of the timbrels (tambourines) ceases,
The noise of those who rejoice ends,
The joy of the harp ceases.
Isaiah 47:5
“Sit in silence, and go into darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans;
For you will no longer be called
The queen of kingdoms.
“Sit in silence, and go into darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans;
For you will no longer be called
The queen of kingdoms.
Revelation 18:22
And the sound of harpists and musicians and flutists and trumpeters will never again be heard in you, and no skilled artisan of any craft will ever again be found in you, and the sound of the millstone [grinding grain] will never again be heard in you [for commerce will no longer flourish, and normal life will cease].
Her waves
Psalm 65:7
Who stills the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the tumult of the peoples,
Who stills the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the tumult of the peoples,
Psalm 93:3
The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
The floods have lifted up their voice;
The floods lift up their pounding waves.
The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
The floods have lifted up their voice;
The floods lift up their pounding waves.
Isaiah 17:13
The nations roar on like the roaring of many waters,
But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away,
And be chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind,
Or like whirling dust before the storm.
The nations roar on like the roaring of many waters,
But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away,
And be chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind,
Or like whirling dust before the storm.
Ezekiel 26:3
therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea makes its waves crest.
Luke 21:25 “There will be signs (attesting miracles) in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth [there will be] distress and anguish among nations, in perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea and the waves,
Revelation 17:15
Then the angel said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.
General references
Jeremiah 50:22
“The noise of battle is in the land,
And [the noise of] great destruction.
“The noise of battle is in the land,
And [the noise of] great destruction.