Bible Cross References
A. M. 3409. B.C. 595. against Babylon
Jeremiah 25:26
and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. And the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
Jeremiah 25:27
Therefore you shall say to them, Thus says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel: Drink and be drunk, and vomit, and fall and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
Jeremiah 27:7
And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his land comes. And then many nations and great kings shall make him serve them.
Jeremiah 51:1-14
1
Thus says Jehovah: Behold, I will raise up a destroying wind against Babylon, and against those dwelling in their midst who rise up against Me.
2
And I will send strangers into Babylon who shall winnow her and shall empty her land. For in the day of calamity they shall be against her all around.
3
Do not let the archer tread and bend his bow; nor lift himself up in his armor. And do not spare her young men; utterly destroy all her army.
4
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, those thrust through in her streets.
5
For neither Israel nor Judah has been forsaken by his God, Jehovah of Hosts, though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
6
Flee out of the middle of Babylon, and each man deliver his soul. Do not be cut off in her iniquity, for this is the time of Jehovah's vengeance; He will make good her recompense.
7
Babylon has been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, which made all the earth drunk. The nations have drunk her wine; therefore the nations are deranged.
8
Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed. Wail for her; take balm for her pain, if perhaps she may be healed.
9
We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed. Forsake her and let us go, each one into his own land; for her judgment reaches to the heavens and is lifted up to the skies.
10
Jehovah has brought forth our righteousness; come and let us declare in Zion the work of Jehovah our God.
11
Polish the arrows; gather the shields. Jehovah has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His plan is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of His temple.
12
Set up the banner on the walls of Babylon; make the guard strong; set up the watchmen; prepare the ambushes. For Jehovah has both planned and done that which He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.
13
O you who live on many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, and the measure of your unjust gain.
14
Jehovah of Hosts has sworn by Himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men as with locust caterpillars; and they shall lift up a shout against you.
Psalm 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, blessed is the one who rewards you as you have dealt out to us.
Psalm 137:9
Blessed is the one who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
Isaiah 13:1-3
1
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw:
2
Lift up a banner on the bare mountain, raise the voice to them; wave the hand, so that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
3
I have commanded My consecrated ones; I have also called My mighty ones for My anger, those who rejoice in My majesty.
Isaiah 14:4
that you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon and say, How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!
Isaiah 21:1-10
1
The burden against the wilderness of the sea: As tempests in the south pass through, so it comes from the wilderness, from a dreadful land.
2
An intense vision is declared to me: The deceiver deals treacherously, and the plunderer devastates. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media! I have caused all her sighing to cease.
3
Therefore my loins are filled with pain; pangs have taken hold on me like the pangs of a woman in labor. I am bent over from hearing it; I am dismayed from seeing it.
4
My heart has wandered, terror overwhelms me; the twilight I longed for He has turned into trembling.
5
Prepare the table, keep watch in the watchtower, eat, drink. Arise, you rulers, and anoint the shield.
6
For thus Jehovah has said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees.
7
And he saw a chariot with a pair of horsemen, a chariot of an ass, and a chariot of a camel. And he paid attention and listened with great diligence.
8
And he cried out, A lion! My lord, I stand continually on the watchtower by day, and I am stationed at my post all the nights.
9
And behold, here comes a chariot with a man, and a pair of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon has fallen, has fallen! And all the graven images of her gods He has smashed to the ground.
10
O my threshing, and the grain of my floor! That which I have heard from Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.
Isaiah 47:1-15
1
Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground. There is no throne for you, O daughter of the Chaldeans. For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
2
Take the millstones and grind meal. Uncover your veil, strip off the skirt, bare the thigh, pass through the rivers.
3
Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, your shame shall be seen; I will take vengeance and I will not meet you as a man.
4
Our Redeemer, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, the Holy One of Israel.
5
Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called the Queen of Kingdoms.
6
I was angry with My people, I have polluted My inheritance, and given them into your hand. You have shown them no mercy; upon the aged you have laid your yoke very heavily.
7
And you said, I shall be a queen forever; so you did not lay these things to heart, nor remember the latter end of it.
8
Now therefore hear this, O voluptuous one, who lives securely; who says in her heart, I am, and there is no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, nor shall I know the loss of children.
9
But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day: The loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness for the multitude of your sorceries, and for the great power of your enchantments.
10
For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge have perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no one else besides me.
11
Therefore evil shall come upon you, and you shall not know its origin. And disaster shall fall upon you, and you shall not be able to cover it over. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly, which you shall not be informed of.
12
Stand now with your charms, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored since your youth. Perhaps you will be able to profit; perhaps you may prevail.
13
You are wearied by your many counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers and the fortunetellers step forth and save you from what shall come upon you.
14
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them. They shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; it shall not be a coal to be warmed with; nor a fire in front of which to sit.
15
Thus shall they be to you with whom you have labored, your merchants from your youth. They shall wander, each one, to his own region; no one shall save you.
Habakkuk 2:5-20
5
And also, wine indeed betrays a proud man, and he dwells not at home, who widens his soul like Sheol. And he is like death, and is not satisfied, but gathers all the nations to himself, and collects all the peoples to himself.
6
Shall not all of these take up a parable against him, and a mocking riddle against him, and say, Woe to him who increases what is not his! How long, then, shall he load himself with many pledges?
7
Shall not those who bite you rise up suddenly, and those who vex you be aroused, and you become a booty to them?
8
Because you have plundered many nations, all the rest of the people shall plunder you, because of the blood of men and the violence of the land, and the city, and all those dwelling in it.
9
Woe to him who robs unjust gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be delivered from the hand of evil.
10
You have advised shame for your house, to cut off many peoples, and have sinned in your soul.
11
For the stone shall cry out from the wall, and the beam shall answer it from the timbers.
12
Woe to him who builds a town with blood and establishes a city by iniquity.
13
Behold, is it not of Jehovah of Hosts that the people labor only to feed the fire, and nations weary themselves only for vanity.
14
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
15
Woe to him who causes his friend to drink, joining with your bottle, and also making him drunk, so as to look upon his nakedness.
16
You are filled with shame instead of glory; you drink also, and are counted as uncircumcised. The cup of the right hand of Jehovah shall turn on you, and disgrace shall be your glory.
17
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover you, and the devastation of beasts shall terrify them because of the blood of men and the violence of the land, the city, and all those that dwell in it.
18
What does an image profit, that its maker should carve it; a molten image, and a teacher of falsehood, that the maker should trust in his work, to make mute idols?
19
Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake! To a mute stone, Rise up, it shall teach. Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, but there is no breath at all in it.
20
But Jehovah is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
Revelation 18:1-24
1
After these things I saw another angel coming down from Heaven, having great power, and the earth was illuminated with his glory.
2
And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for every unclean spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird!
3
For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual perversities, the kings of the earth have prostituted themselves with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the power of her luxury.
4
And I heard another voice from Heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, so that you not share in her sins, and so that you not receive of her plagues.
5
For her sins have reached to Heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
6
Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her.
7
By however much she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, by the same amount give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.
8
Therefore her plagues will come in one day; death and mourning and famine. And she will be consumed with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.
9
The kings of the earth who prostituted themselves and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
10
standing at a distance because of the terror of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.
11
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore:
12
merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of thyine wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
13
and cinnamon and incense, ointment and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, beasts and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.
14
And the fruit that your soul lusted for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all.
15
The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance because of the terror of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16
and saying, Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
17
For in one hour such great riches is come to nothing. Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance
18
and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What is like this great city?
19
And they threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.
20
Rejoice over her, O Heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!
21
Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall by no means be found anymore.
22
The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall by no means be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall ever be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall by no means be heard in you anymore.
23
And the light of a lamp shall not ever shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not ever be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were led astray.
24
And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.
the land
Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there.
Job 1:17
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, The Chaldeans formed three bands, rushed in upon the camels and took them away, yea, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and only I alone am escaped to tell you!
Isaiah 23:13
Behold the land of the Chaldeans, this people which did not exist. Assyria founded it for those who live in the desert. They set up their siege-towers; they stripped its palaces; they made it a ruin.
Acts 7:4
Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell.
Jeremiah
2 Samuel 23:2
The Spirit of Jehovah has spoken by me, and His Word was on my tongue.
2 Peter 1:21
for prophecy was not formerly brought forth by man's choice, but holy men of God spoke as they were propelled along by the Holy Spirit.