Isaiah 13:19

Modern English Version

Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldean’s excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

Cross References

Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was from the Lord out of heaven.

Genesis 19:25

So He overthrew those cities, all the valley, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

Isaiah 13:1

The oracle of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

Isaiah 21:9

Behold, here comes a chariot of men, horsemen in pairs.” Then he responded, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon. And all the graven images of her gods lie shattered on the ground.”

Isaiah 47:5

Sit silently, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called the queen of kingdoms.

Isaiah 48:14

Assemble, all of you, and listen. Who among them has declared these things? The Lord has loved him; he will do His pleasure on Babylon, and His arm shall be against the Chaldeans.

Jeremiah 25:12

It shall come to pass when seventy years are finished that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, says the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

Jeremiah 49:18

As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring cities, says the Lord, no man will abide there, nor will a son of man dwell in it.

Jeremiah 50:40

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring cities, says the Lord, so no man will abide there, nor will any son of man dwell in it.

Jeremiah 51:26

They will not take of you a stone for a corner, or a stone for foundations, but you will be desolate forever, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 51:29

So the land trembles and sorrows, for the purposes of the Lord will be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 51:41

How Sheshak has been captured! And how the praise of the whole earth has been seized! How Babylon has become an astonishment among the nations!

Jeremiah 51:62

and say, ‘O  Lord, You have spoken against this place to cut it off, that no one will remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate forever.’

Daniel 4:30

The king spoke, saying, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I myself have built as a royal residence by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?”

Amos 4:11

I destroyed some of you, as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a firebrand plucked out of the fire; yet you did not return to Me, says the Lord.

Zephaniah 2:9

Therefore, as I live, says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah— a land of weeds and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them, and the survivors of My nation will possess them.

Romans 9:29

And as Isaiah previously said: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.”

Deuteronomy 29:23

“The whole land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows there, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and wrath.”

Revelation 18:11

“The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more:

Revelation 18:19

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 in the sea grew rich from her wealth! In one hour she has been laid waste!’