Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

General references

Bible References

A golden

Isaiah 14:4
that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, the exactress of gold ceased!
Daniel 2:32
This image's head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,
Revelation 17:4
And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication;

The nations

Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual wastes.
Daniel 3:1
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and its breadth six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Habakkuk 2:15
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that pourest out thy flask, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Revelation 14:8
And another, a second, angel followed, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, which of the wine of the fury of her fornication has made all nations drink.
Revelation 17:2
with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they that dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
Revelation 18:3
because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched through the might of her luxury.
Revelation 19:2
for true and righteous are his judgments; for he has judged the great harlot which corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his bondmen at her hand.

Are mad

Jeremiah 25:16
And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Jeremiah 50:38
a drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of graven images, and they are mad after frightful idols.

General references

Jeremiah 25:16
And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Revelation 17:2
with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they that dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.