Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Proverb
Golden city
General references
Bible References
Proverb
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a focus of ridicule and disappointment [tossed back and forth] among all the kingdoms of the earth, a [notorious] disgrace, a byword, a taunt and a curse in all places where I will scatter them.
Ezekiel 5:15
So it will be a disgrace, a taunt, a warning and an object of horror to the [pagan] nations who surround you when I execute judgments against you in anger and in wrath and in raging reprimands—I, the Lord, have spoken.
Habakkuk 2:6
“Will all these [victims of his greed] not take up a taunting song against him,
And in mocking derision against him
Say, ‘Woe (judgment is coming) to him who increases that which is not his—
How long [will he possess it]?
And [woe to him who] makes himself wealthy with loans.’
“Will all these [victims of his greed] not take up a taunting song against him,
And in mocking derision against him
Say, ‘
How long [will he possess it]?
And [woe to him who] makes himself wealthy with loans.’
Golden city
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 45:2
“I will go before you and level the mountains;
I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
“I will go before you and level the mountains;
I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
2 Chronicles 36:18
And as for all the articles of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his officials, he brought them all to Babylon.
Lamentations 4:1 How dark and dim the gold has become,
How the pure gold has changed!
The sacred stones [of the temple] are poured out and scattered
At the head of every street.
How the pure gold has changed!
The sacred stones [of the temple] are poured out and scattered
At the head of every street.
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.
Revelation 18:16
saying, ‘Woe, woe, for the great city that was robed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, gilded and adorned with gold, with precious stones, and with pearls;
General references
Numbers 21:27
That is why those who use proverbs say,
“Come to Heshbon,
Let the city of Sihon be built and established.
Let the city of Sihon be built and established.
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!