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'll make them into a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth; into a cause for contempt, into a byword, into a taunt, and into a curse in all the places to which I drive them.
Ezekiel 5:15
As a result, Jerusalem will become an insult, an object of taunt, an example of chastisement, and a useless waste to all the nations that surround you when I carry out my sentence against you in my anger, my burning rage, and my burning rebukes. I, the LORD, have spoken it.
Habakkuk 2:6
"Will not all of these ridicule him with mocking scorn? They will say, "Woe to the one who hordes for himself what isn't his. How long will you enrich yourself by extortion?'
Golden city
Isaiah 13:19
Babylon, that jewel of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah, when God overthrew them
Isaiah 45:2
"I myself will go before you, and he will make the mountains level; I'll shatter bronze doors and cut through iron bars.
2 Chronicles 36:18
who took back to Babylon every article in God's Temple, whether large or small, including the treasuries of the LORD's Temple, the king's assets, and those of his officers.
Lamentations 4:1
How tarnished the gold has become, the finest gold debased! Sacred stones have been scattered at every street corner.
Daniel 2:38
so that wherever people, wild animals, or birds of the sky live, he has placed them under your control, giving you dominion over them all you're that head of gold.
Revelation 18:16
"How terrible, how terrible it is for the great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet and was adorned with gold, gems, and pearls,
General references
Numbers 21:27
Therefore the ones who speak in proverbs say: Come to Heshbon and let it be built! Let the city of Sihon be established!
Jeremiah 49:25
Why is the famous city, the joyful town, not abandoned?
Jeremiah 50:23
How the hammer of all the earth is cut off and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!