Writhe and labor to give birth,Daughter of Zion,Like a woman in childbirth;For now you will go out of the city,Dwell in the field,And go to Babylon.There you will be rescued;There the Lord will redeem youFrom the hand of your enemies. Who brings forth the chariot and the horse, The army and the mighty man (They will lie down together and not rise again; They have been quenched and extinguished like a wick): And it came about in the days of Amraphel king of, against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of, It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land, Then it will happen on that day that the Lord, Will again recover the second time with His hand. "I Myself will war against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, even in anger and wrath and great indignation. On the wall were some 250 watchtowers, 100 feet higher than the wall itself. Godin how He portrayed Babylon in Revelationwill bring an end to the sinful world. They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; "Rise up, captains, oil the shields," For thus the Lord says to me, "Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees. The number of the men of the people of Israel: the sons of Parosh, 2,172; the sons of Shephatiah, 372; the sons of Arah, 775; the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812; the sons of Elam, 1,254; the sons of Zattu, 945; the sons of Zaccai, 760; the sons of Bani, 642; the sons of Bebai, 623; the sons of Azgad, 1,222; the sons of Adonikam, 666; the sons of Bigvai, 2,056; the sons of Adin, 454; the sons of Ater of Hezekiah, 98; the sons of Bezai, 323; the sons of Jorah, 112; the sons of Hashum, 223; the sons of Gibbar, 95; the men of Bethlehem, 123; the men of Netophah, 56; the men of Anathoth, 128; the sons of Azmaveth, 42; the sons of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743; the sons of Ramah and Geba, 621; the men of Michmas, 122; the men of Bethel and Ai, 223; the sons of Nebo, 52; the sons of Magbish, 156; the sons of the other Elam, 1,254; the sons of Harim, 320; the sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 725; the men of Jericho, 345; the sons of Senaah, 3,630. read more. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;I will make myself like the Most High. Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol,To the recesses of the pit. Now a capital of bronze was on it; and the height of each capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital all around, all of bronze. The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, she who was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls; for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste! And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, stood at a distance, and were crying out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like the great city? And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste! Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her. Then a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer. These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful. And he *said to me, The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. From the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and five of the kings advisers who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. Those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath until seventy years were complete. He then blinded Zedekiahs eyes and bound him in fetters of bronze to bring him to Babylon. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. "You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength and the glory; and wherever the sons of men dwell, or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. The whore of Babylon has influence over culture and over people. O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you. 'You will be fuel for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the land You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.'". Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. Those who see you will gaze at you,They will ponder over you, saying,Is this the man who made the earth tremble,Who shook kingdoms, Who made the world like a wildernessAnd overthrew its cities,Who did not allow his prisoners to go home? All the kings of the nations lie in glory,Each in his own tomb. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. The singers: the sons of Asaph, 128. "Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and I have given him also the wild animals of the field to serve him. So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place. Now when Jerusalem was captured in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it; in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the city wall was breached. According to Scripture, the inhabitants had said. For the Lord of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? How can we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign land? At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the Lord, and he made his kinsman Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. When we read verse 5, we are given a kind of identity of the "great harlot.". The city also included great parks and gardens, some of which, such as the hanging gardens described by Diodorus, were outstanding wonders in the ancient world. The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the princes of Judah in Riblah. "And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach,' and say: 'A sword, a sword is drawn, polished for the slaughter, to cause it to consume, that it may be like lightning-- while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you--to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, in the time of the punishment of the end. He burned the house of the Lord, the kings house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire. Copyright 2002-2023 Got Questions Ministries. Jeremiah 28:1-17). The fall of Babylon came as the kingdom of Judah's prophesied 70 years of national captivity was ending (Jeremiah 25:11-12). Both man and beast have wandered off, they have gone away! Now on the seventh day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. "I will hurl you and your mother who bore you into another country where you were not born, and there you will die. Then a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer. Now when Jerusalem was captured in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it; in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the city wall was breached. Nebuchadnezzar was followed by his son Awel-Marduk, the Evil-Merodach (2 Kings 25:2730), Neriglissa, and Labashi-Marduk, who was murdered as a child. Babel was founded by Nimrod and was one of the oldest cities in the land of Mesopotamia, or Shinar ( Gen. 10:8-10 ). All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392. It was this city, proud of its supposed invulnerability, which had ignored the rapidly expanding power of the Medes and the Persians. You felt secure in your wickedness and said. Revelation 17:1-18:24 ESV / 5,295 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning. For this reason in one day her plagues will come, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong. Then they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles. The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,The scepter of rulers Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,Which subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution. Jeremiah is seen as the true prophet of God in contrast to the false prophets who had predicted victory over Babylon (cp. The fruit you long for has gone from you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and men will no longer find them. Salvation and glory and power belong to our God; And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, Amen. Prior to this event, the Babylonian Empire had already fallen on evil days. They also feared the LORD and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places. But you said in your heart,I will ascend to heaven;I will raise my throne above the stars of God,And I will sit on the mount of assemblyIn the recesses of the north. So Judah was led away into exile from its land. Then the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews. Now the bronze pillars which belonged to the house of the. And one said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground.. "Those who see you will gaze at you, They will ponder over you, saying, 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms, Who made the world like a wilderness And overthrew its cities, Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?' And will bring them all down as fugitives. Behold, the land of the Chaldeansthis is the people which was not; Assyria appointed it for desert creaturesthey erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, they made it a ruin. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem and captured the city. The word, babel, meansconfusion, (by mixing), and it was there God confused the languages of men because the inhabitants said, Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth (Genesis 11:4). Indeed Babylon is to fall for the slain of Israel, As also for Babylon the slain of all the earth have fallen. Then the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the people, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into exile. My people have become lost sheep;Their shepherds have led them astray.They have made them turn aside on the mountains;They have gone along from mountain to hillAnd have forgotten their resting place. We can observe several instances in the Old Testament that refer to the kingdom of Babylon, a global superpower in the 600s BC. You will not be united with them in burial,Because you have ruined your country,You have slain your people.May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever. Even the cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us. Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come;It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth;It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones. He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the kings house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, just as the Lord had said. Breathtaking buildings adorned with enameled brick, neatly paved streets, and statues of lions and dragons made Babylon the most impressive city of its time. In the Old Testament times, Babylon represented the pinnacle of sin. Babylon and the wh0re of Babylon in the intertestamental period is referencing Israel and Judah (Jerusalem), because they had abandoned God and started doing human sacrifices to molek and baal. Your pomp and the music of your harpsHave been brought down to Sheol;Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath youAnd worms are your covering. How you have fallen from heaven,O star of the morning, son of the dawn!You have been cut down to the earth,You who have weakened the nations! So all Israel was enrolled by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. Ezekiel echoes the prophecies of Jeremiah relating to the Babylonian captivity (Ezekiel 17:12-24) and like Jeremiah predicts the conquering of Egypt (29:18, 19; 30:10-25; 32:1-32). And he *said to me, The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. God has supremacy over all nationsMan may try to usurp control, and God allows certain events for His purposes, yet our sovereign God has and will always reign supreme. But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his army was scattered from him. "Stand fast now in your spells And in your many sorceries With which you have labored from your youth; Perhaps you will be able to profit, Perhaps you may cause trembling. For you shall no more be called tender and delicate. "I will also strike down the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence. The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. Assemble, all of you, and listen!Who among them has declared these things?The Lord loves him; he will carry out His good pleasure on Babylon,And His arm will be against the Chaldeans. In the Bible generally, and in Revelation in particular, Babylon represents the world against God fallen, sinful humankind. How the faithful city has become a harlot,She who was full of justice!Righteousness once lodged in her,But now murderers. Surely at the command of the Lord it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the Lord would not forgive. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!. The first one was. So Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two. But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.. In those days and at that time, declares the Lord, the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the Lord their God they will seek. And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it. Vivienne Sharp / Heritage Images / Getty Images. No nation so set against God escapes judgment (Isaiah 47). Understanding Revelation: Babylon = Jerusalem - Bamboozled Believers by "Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs." "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! Verse Concepts. So he led Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; also the king's mother and the king's wives and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led away into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. Then the lookout called, "O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post. The book of Daniel gives us insight into the nations which emerged. The story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace tells what happened when they refused and stayed true to God instead. "I will rise up against them," declares the LORD of hosts, "and will cut off from Babylon name and survivors, offspring and posterity," declares the LORD. But a temple to what? Seeking the Gospel in Malachi, the Last Book of the Old Testament. Her fateful time also will soon come And her days will not be prolonged. Daniel and His Three Friends in Babylon - Life, Hope & Truth For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!, Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying: Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. So he led Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; also the king's mother and the king's wives and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led away into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. She also is a member of BRRC. Lisa Loraine Baker is the multiple award-winning author of Someplace to be Somebody. A drought on her waters, and they will be dried up!For it is a land of idols,And they are mad over fearsome idols. The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city. They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon. This was followed by Dynasty II of Isin (1169-1039 b.c. After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illumined with his glory. 'I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will give you into the hand of brutal men, skilled in destruction. A prominent theme of Jeremiahs prophecies were predictions against Egypt in which he anticipated that Nebuchadnezzar would conquer Egypt. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. 'Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac. History of Babylon in the Bible - Learn Religions Despite its sinful ways, it developed one of the most advanced civilizations in the ancient world. So the kings scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors and the princes of the provinces which extended from India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to every province according to its script, and to every people according to their language as well as to the Jews according to their script and their language. And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. Daniels first recognition of Babylon prophetically was in his interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars dream. read more. Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. So the fall of Babylon is a symbolic way of describing the end of the world. of The outside wall had a deep water moat some 30 feet wide. BabylonBee.com. Babylon and King Nebuchadnezzar figure prominently in the Old Testament, as it was Babylon that invaded Judah, destroyed Jerusalem and the temple, and carried off many Jews to Babylon as exiles. cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and bronze and iron and marble, for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste! And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, stood at a distance, and were crying out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like the great city? And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!, And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more. You are wearied with your many counsels;Let now the astrologers,Those who prophesy by the stars,Those who predict by the new moons,Stand up and save you from what will come upon you. Those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia. The Tower of Babylon was the highest and largest of all, being 91 . You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes and had his meals in the king's presence regularly all the days of his life; read more. Now this came about because the sons of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and they had feared other gods read more. When God's people required discipline, God used the Babylonian Empire to accomplish it, but He limited Judah's captivity to 70 years ( Jeremiah 25:11 ). Although the name "Babylon" is derived from the Akkadian word babilu meaning "gate of god," it is an evident counterfeit of God's eternal city. Babel (Hebrew), or Babylon (Greek), was one of the cities of an ancient kingdom established by Nimrod early in mankind's history ( Genesis 10:10 ). At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. Who made the world like a wildernessAnd overthrew its cities,Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?. Sit silently, and go into darkness,O daughter of the Chaldeans,For you will no longer be calledThe queen of kingdoms. To prevent further arrogance, God confused the people's language so they could not overstep his limits on them. Archaeology news: 'Remarkable' discovery in Babylon can confirm Bible Rome is headquarters for the Roman Catholic Church, claiming one billion members worldwide.
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