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! "Then afterwards," declares the LORD, "I will give over Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people, even those who survive in this city from the pestilence, the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their foes and into the hand of those who seek their lives; and he will strike them down with the edge of the sword He will not spare them nor have pity nor compassion."' Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abrams wife; and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and settled there. In addition to writing for the Salem Web Network, Lisa serves as a Word Weavers mentor and is part of a critique group. and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery. Major attention is devoted to the captivity of Judah in the prophecies of both Jeremiah and Ezekiel. The head of that statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze. The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim. It, in effect, became a worldly system of evil. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. 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. Noahs great-grandson, Nimrod, was the first mighty man of the Bible (Genesis 10:10), and the Bible says Babel was one of the towns that encompassed the beginning of Nimrods kingdom in the land of Shinar. "I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD of hosts. At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered. The number of the men of the people of Israel: These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city. Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple. 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. 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. "Their camels will become plunder, And their many cattle for booty, And I will scatter to all the winds those who cut the corners of their hair; And I will bring their disaster from every side," declares the LORD. They served idols, concerning which the LORD had said to them, "You shall not do this thing." 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. Therefore the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon. So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city. The event, though future, is described as past, being predetermined in the counsels of God. Despite its sinful ways, it developed one of the most advanced civilizations in the ancient world. Lacking stones, they made brick and used slime or bitumen native to the area in the construction of the tower. "Their camels will become plunder, And their many cattle for booty, And I will scatter to all the winds those who cut the corners of their hair; And I will bring their disaster from every side," declares the LORD. And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been slain on the earth.. Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. At the beginning of their living there, they did not fear the, So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations whom you have carried away into exile in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent lions among them, and behold, they kill them because they do not know the custom of the god of the land., Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Take there one of the priests whom you carried away into exile and let him go and live there; and let him teach them the custom of the god of the land., So one of the priests whom they had carried away into exile from Samaria came and lived at Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the. The historic conquering of Babylon by the Medes and the Persians is mentioned specifically in Isaiah 13:17-19. Now a woman in Bible prophecy represents a church, the pure woman in Revelation 12 being the pure church, God's own people, and the harlot woman in Revelation 17 is . Take wives and become the fathers of sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there and do not decrease.read more.Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Do not let your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams which they dream. The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And it will be in the day when the LORD gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved, 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 ). The two pillars, the one sea, and the stands which Solomon had made for the house of the Lordthe bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. At that time Berodach-baladan a son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. and successive civilizations have been traced from 2800 b.c. And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them And they followed vanity and became vain, and went after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which the LORD had commanded them not to do like them. This was not a tribute to the God of the Bible but to false, pagan gods, which of course are not gods at all but in actuality, the name "babel" sounds like the Hebrew word for . A horde of great nations from the land of the north. What Does It Really Mean That Your Body Is a Temple? I also will remove you beyond Babylon.. These came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah. And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into captivity; and you will enter Babylon, and there you will die and there you will be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have falsely prophesied., For I have set My face against this city for harm and not for good, declares the Lord. 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 None remained except the poorest people of the land. read more. Prepare for his sons a place of slaughterBecause of the iniquity of their fathers.They must not arise and take possession of the earthAnd fill the face of the world with cities. 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. Much of the building was done during the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar, referred to in the Bible as Nebuchadnezzar. Babylon, then, controls the government/s it represents. It is: "Babylon the Great, the mother of prostitutes and of the abomination of the earth.". Hallelujah!, Then he *said to me, Write, Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he *said to me, These are true words of God.. It has its parallel in the fall of symbolic Babylon the Great, the world empire of false religion. The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a bronze capital was on it; the height of the capital was three cubits, with a network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. If I forget you, O Jerusalem,May my right hand forget her skill. You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality, and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.read more.And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. "Their horses are swifter than leopards And keener than wolves in the evening Their horsemen come galloping, Their horsemen come from afar; They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour. And the second pillar was like these, including pomegranates. 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. Verse 2. He burned the house of the Lord, the kings house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire. It is I who says of Cyrus, He is My shepherd!And he will perform all My desire.And he declares of Jerusalem, She will be built,And of the temple, Your foundation will be laid., Go forth from Babylon! 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?. "Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter Because of the iniquity of their fathers. And the second pillar was like these with network. 'Every survivor, at whatever place he may live, let the men of that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle, together with a freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.'" If Herodotus can be believed, the walls were indeed formidable being 350 feet high and 87 feet thick. Both man and beast have wandered off, they have gone away! 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 I will stretch out My hand against you, So all Israel was enrolled by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. 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. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? read more. In the presence of the king and the princes, Memucan said, "Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king but also all the princes and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. For the Lord is going to destroy Babylon,And He will make her loud noise vanish from her.And their waves will roar like many waters;The tumult of their voices sounds forth. She has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird. This was followed by the Neo-Sumerian period (2070-1960 b.c. "You shall also say to this people, 'Thus says the LORD, "Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. The sad pronouncement is made at the conclusion of the passage, None shall save thee (Isaiah 47:15). Who have trafficked with you from your youth; Bel has been put to shame, Marduk has been shattered; Her images have been put to shame, her idols have been shattered.. "Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech." A kingdom will take over the world at the end of the world. And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. The last king of Babylon was Nabonidus in BC 556539. 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. "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. The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973; the sons of Immer, 1,052; the sons of Pashhur, 1,247; the sons of Harim, 1,017. Instead of trying to excavate the ruins, the 20th-century Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein built new palaces and monuments to himself on top of them. But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen. So the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them from His sight; none was left except the tribe of Judah. 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. All the articles of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and of his officers, he brought them all to Babylon. Now the bronze pillars which were in the house of the Lord, and the stands and the bronze sea which were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon. Babylon became the empire that wrecked Jerusalem, scorched the temple, and took the people of God into exile. All the men of valor, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all strong and fit for war, and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon. 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. Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced. 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. When Belshazzar tasted the wine, he gave orders to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them. And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into captivity; and you will enter Babylon, and there you will die and there you will be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have falsely prophesied., For I have set My face against this city for harm and not for good, declares the, I will take vengeance and will not spare a man.. How Sheshak has been captured,And the praise of the whole earth been seized!How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations! That was a period when Israel and Judah were divided, and evil kings reigned over Israel and its unfaithful people and caused even Judah to follow their sinful ways. 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.
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