Jeremiah 51:7
Babylon is a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, inebriating the entire earth. The nations have drunk from her wine, and therefore they have staggered.
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Isaiah 14:4you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: “How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute?
Jeremiah 25:14For they have served them, though these were populous nations and great kings. And I will repay them according to their works and according to the deeds of their hands.”
Jeremiah 50:38A drought is over her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and they glory in portents.
Daniel 2:38and all the places wherein the sons of men and the beasts of the field dwell. He has likewise given the flying creatures of the air into your hand, and he has placed all things under your realm. Therefore, you are the head of gold.
Habakkuk 2:15Woe to anyone who gives a drink to a friend, releasing a drug and inebriating, so as to look upon their nakedness.
Revelation 17:2With her, the kings of the earth have fornicated. And those who inhabit the earth have been inebriated by the wine of her prostitution.”
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 51:2-59
The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; 2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. 3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her… Read the whole commentary →