Verse 4

He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 43:14 : 14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
• Isa 47:15 : 15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
• Jer 51:13 : 13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
• Rev 18:3 : 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth a waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
• Rev 18:11-19 : 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any mo: 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and pcious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most pcious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, 13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. 14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after a departed from thee, and all things which we dainty and goodly a departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no mo at all. 15 The merchants of these things, which we made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 And saying, Alas, alas, that gat city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and pcious stones, and pearls! 17 For in one hour so gat riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this gat city! 19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that gat city, whein we made rich all that had ships in the sea by ason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.