Verse 16

Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully, thinking:“Is this the man who shook the earth, the one who made kingdoms tremble?

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 50:23 : 23 Babylon hammered the whole world to pieces. But see how that‘hammer’ has been broken and shattered! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations!
  • Jer 51:20-23 : 20 “Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms. 21 I used you to smash horses and their riders. I used you to smash chariots and their drivers. 22 I used you to smash men and women. I used you to smash old men and young men. I used you to smash young men and young women. 23 I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks. I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen. I used you to smash governors and leaders.”
  • Ps 52:7 : 7 “Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”
  • Ps 58:10-11 : 10 The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked. 11 Then observers will say,“Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!”
  • Ps 64:9 : 9 and all people will fear. They will proclaim what God has done, and reflect on his deeds.
  • Isa 14:4-5 : 4 you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words:“Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased! 5 The LORD has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.