Isaiah 21:9
21:9 Look what’s coming!
A charioteer,
a team of horses.”
When questioned, he replies,
“Babylon has fallen, fallen!
All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
Isaiah 46:1-2
The Lord Carries His People
46:1 Bel kneels down,
Nebo bends low.
Their images weigh down animals and beasts.
Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.
46:2 Together they bend low and kneel down;
they are unable to rescue the images;
they themselves head off into captivity.
Exodus 12:12
12:12 I will pass through the land of Egypt in the same night, and I will attack all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the Lord.
Exodus 12:1
The Institution of the Passover
12:1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Exodus 5:2-4
5:2 But Pharaoh said, “Who is the
Lord that
I should obey him
by releasing
Israel? I do not know the
Lord,
and I will not release Israel!”
5:3 And they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go a three-day journey
into the desert so that we may sacrifice
to the
Lord our God, so that he does not strike us with plague or the sword.”
5:4 The king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work?
Return to your labor!”
Jeremiah 43:12
43:12 He will set fire
to the temples of the gods of Egypt. He will burn their gods or carry them off as captives.
He will pick Egypt clean like a shepherd picks the lice from his clothing.
He will leave there unharmed.
Jeremiah 46:25
46:25 The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, “I will punish Amon, the god of Thebes. I will punish Egypt, its gods, and its kings. I will punish Pharaoh and all who trust in him.
Jeremiah 50:2
50:2 “Announce the news among the nations! Proclaim it!
Signal for people to pay attention!
Declare the news! Do not hide it! Say:
‘Babylon will be captured.
Bel will be put to shame.
Marduk will be dismayed.
Babylon’s idols will be put to shame.
Her disgusting images will be dismayed.
Jeremiah 51:44
51:44 I will punish the god Bel in Babylon.
I will make him spit out what he has swallowed.
The nations will not come streaming to him any longer.
Indeed, the walls of Babylon will fall.”
Ezekiel 30:13
30:13 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:
I will destroy the idols,
and put an end to the gods of Memphis.
There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so I will make the land of Egypt fearful.