TSK
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge references in NET.
Pharaoh sent representatives to investigate, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he did not release the people.
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods, for in the thing in which they dealt proudly against them he has destroyed them.”
But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors, who had not trusted the LORD their God.
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him vow allegiance in the name of God. He was stubborn and obstinate, and refused to return to the LORD God of Israel.
Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Babylon Will Fall“Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.
“The LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says,‘I will soon bring on this city and all the towns surrounding it all the disaster I threatened to do to it. I will do so because they have stubbornly refused to pay any attention to what I have said!’”
“‘This is what the LORD says: Egypt’s supporters will fall; her confident pride will crumble. From Migdol to Syene they will die by the sword within her, declares the Sovereign LORD.
They said to leave the taproot of the tree, for your kingdom will be restored to you when you come to understand that heaven rules.
The king uttered these words:“Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?”
He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.
But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called“Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception.