Bible Cross References
A drought
Jeremiah 50:12
but your own great city will be humiliated and disgraced. Babylonia will be the least important nation of all; it will become a dry and waterless desert.
Jeremiah 51:32-36
32
The enemy have captured the river crossing and have set the fortresses on fire. The Babylonian soldiers have panicked.
33
Soon the enemy will cut them down and trample them like grain on a threshing place. I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, have spoken."
34
The king of Babylonia cut Jerusalem up and ate it. He emptied the city like a jar; like a monster he swallowed it. He took what he wanted and threw the rest away.
35
Let the people of Zion say, "May Babylonia be held responsible for the violence done to us!" Let the people of Jerusalem say, "May Babylonia be held responsible for what we have suffered!"
36
And so the LORD said to the people of Jerusalem, "I will take up your cause and will make your enemies pay for what they did to you. I will dry up the source of Babylonia's water and make its rivers go dry.
Isaiah 44:27
With a word of command I dry up the ocean.
Revelation 16:12
Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great Euphrates River. The river dried up, to provide a way for the kings who come from the east.
Revelation 17:15
The angel also said to me, "The waters you saw, on which the prostitute sits, are nations, peoples, races, and languages.
Revelation 17:16
The ten horns you saw and the beast will hate the prostitute; they will take away everything she has and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and destroy her with fire.
the land
Jeremiah 50:2
"Tell the news to the nations! Proclaim it! Give the signal and announce the news! Do not keep it a secret! Babylon has fallen! Her god Marduk has been shattered! Babylon's idols are put to shame; her disgusting images are crushed!
Jeremiah 51:44
I will punish Bel, the god of Babylonia, and make him give up his stolen goods; the nations will not worship him any more. "Babylon's walls have fallen.
Jeremiah 51:47
And so the time is coming when I will deal with Babylonia's idols. The whole country will be put to shame, and all its people will be killed.
Jeremiah 51:52
So then, I say that the time is coming when I will deal with Babylon's idols, and the wounded will groan throughout the country.
Isaiah 46:1-7
1
"This is the end for Babylon's gods! Bel and Nebo once were worshiped, but now they are loaded on donkeys, a burden for the backs of tired animals.
2
The idols cannot save themselves; they are captured and carried away. This is the end for Babylon's gods!
3
"Listen to me, descendants of Jacob, all who are left of my people. I have cared for you from the time you were born.
4
I am your God and will take care of you until you are old and your hair is gray. I made you and will care for you; I will give you help and rescue you.
5
"To whom will you compare me?" says the LORD. "Is there anyone else like me?
6
People open their purses and pour out gold; they weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith to make a god; then they bow down and worship it.
7
They lift it to their shoulders and carry it; they put it in place, and there it stands, unable to move from where it is. If any pray to it, it cannot answer or save them from disaster.
Daniel 3:1-30
1
King Nebuchadnezzar had a gold statue made, ninety feet high and nine feet wide, and he had it set up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
2
Then the king gave orders for all his officials to come together---the princes, governors, lieutenant governors, commissioners, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces. They were to attend the dedication of the statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
3
When all these officials gathered for the dedication and stood in front of the statue,
4
a herald announced in a loud voice, "People of all nations, races, and languages!
5
You will hear the sound of the trumpets, followed by the playing of oboes, lyres, zithers, and harps; and then all the other instruments will join in. As soon as the music starts, you are to bow down and worship the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
6
Anyone who does not bow down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace."
7
And so, as soon as they heard the sound of the instruments, the people of all the nations, races, and languages bowed down and worshiped the gold statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
8
It was then that some Babylonians took the opportunity to denounce the Jews.
9
They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "May Your Majesty live forever!
10
Your Majesty has issued an order that as soon as the music starts, everyone is to bow down and worship the gold statue,
11
and that anyone who does not bow down and worship it is to be thrown into a blazing furnace.
12
There are some Jews whom you put in charge of the province of Babylon---Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego---who are disobeying Your Majesty's orders. They do not worship your god or bow down to the statue you set up."
13
At that, the king flew into a rage and ordered the three men to be brought before him.
14
He said to them, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you refuse to worship my god and to bow down to the gold statue I have set up?
15
Now then, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, oboes, lyres, zithers, harps, and all the other instruments, bow down and worship the statue. If you do not, you will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace. Do you think there is any god who can save you?"
16
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered, "Your Majesty, we will not try to defend ourselves.
17
If the God whom we serve is able to save us from the blazing furnace and from your power, then he will.
18
But even if he doesn't, Your Majesty may be sure that we will not worship your god, and we will not bow down to the gold statue that you have set up."
19
Then Nebuchadnezzar lost his temper, and his face turned red with anger at Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So he ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual.
20
And he commanded the strongest men in his army to tie the three men up and throw them into the blazing furnace.
21
So they tied them up, fully dressed---shirts, robes, caps, and all---and threw them into the blazing furnace.
22
Now because the king had given strict orders for the furnace to be made extremely hot, the flames burned up the guards who took the men to the furnace.
23
Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, still tied up, fell into the heart of the blazing fire.
24
Suddenly Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement. He asked his officials, "Didn't we tie up three men and throw them into the blazing furnace?" They answered, "Yes, we did, Your Majesty."
25
"Then why do I see four men walking around in the fire?" he asked. "They are not tied up, and they show no sign of being hurt---and the fourth one looks like an angel."
26
So Nebuchadnezzar went up to the door of the blazing furnace and called out, "Shadrach! Meshach! Abednego! Servants of the Supreme God! Come out!" And they came out at once.
27
All the princes, governors, lieutenant governors, and other officials of the king gathered to look at the three men, who had not been harmed by the fire. Their hair was not singed, their clothes were not burned, and there was no smell of smoke on them.
28
The king said, "Praise the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel and rescued these men who serve and trust him. They disobeyed my orders and risked their lives rather than bow down and worship any god except their own.
29
"And now I command that if anyone of any nation, race, or language speaks disrespectfully of the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, he is to be torn limb from limb, and his house is to be made a pile of ruins. There is no other god who can rescue like this."
30
And the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to higher positions in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 5:4
and praised gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
Habakkuk 2:18
What's the use of an idol? It is only something that a human being has made, and it tells you nothing but lies. What good does it do for its maker to trust it---a god that can't even talk!
Habakkuk 2:19
You are doomed! You say to a piece of wood, "Wake up!" or to a block of stone, "Get up!" Can an idol reveal anything to you? It may be covered with silver and gold, but there is no life in it.
Revelation 17:5
On her forehead was written a name that has a secret meaning: "Great Babylon, the mother of all prostitutes and perverts in the world."
mad
Jeremiah 51:7
Babylonia was like a gold cup in my hand, making the whole world drunk. The nations drank its wine and went out of their minds.
Isaiah 44:25
I make fools of fortunetellers and frustrate the predictions of astrologers. The words of the wise I refute and show that their wisdom is foolishness.
Acts 17:16
While Paul was waiting in Athens for Silas and Timothy, he was greatly upset when he noticed how full of idols the city was.