Jeremiah 51:41
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 51:37, Babylon is described as a heap of ruins — a more detailed picture of the horror stated here.
Jeremiah 25:26 uses the same code name 'Sheshak' for Babylon, linking the judgment prophecy here to the earlier cup of wrath imagery.
Jeremiah 50:23 contains the identical phrase 'How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations' — reinforcing the judgment oracle.
In Jeremiah 50:46, the global reaction to Babylon's capture is described — the 'horror among nations' elaborated.
In Daniel 4:30, Nebuchadnezzar boasts of Babylon's greatness — the pride that precedes the horror described here.
Daniel 5:1-3 records the feast preceding Babylon's fall — the very event Jeremiah prophesied in 51:41 about Sheshak being taken.
In Daniel 5:5, the handwriting on the wall begins Babylon's fall — the very judgment this prophecy announces.
In Revelation 18:10-19, the same lament for fallen Babylon echoes Jeremiah's oracle, applying it to the final world system.
In Deuteronomy 28:37, Israel is warned it will become a horror among nations — the same fate now applied to Babylon.
Isaiah 13:19 also prophesies Babylon's destruction, calling it 'the glory of kingdoms' — parallel to the 'praise of the whole earth' here.
Isaiah 14:4 begins a taunt against Babylon's king with the same 'How...' exclamation, echoing the lament over Babylon's fall.
Nahum 3:7 uses a similar rhetorical lament over Nineveh's fall, echoing the astonishment at Babylon's destruction here.