He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's 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. And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire. 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. May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever. Revelation 18:21 reveals her final destiny, Then a mighty 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 be found no more;. 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.read more.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 Lord. In addition to writing for the Salem Web Network, Lisa serves as a Word Weavers mentor and is part of a critique group. Jeremiah 28:1-17). According to Scripture, the inhabitants had said. The peoples will take them along and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of the Lord as male servants and female servants; and they will take their captors captive and will rule over their oppressors. "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. It was this prophecy which was read by Daniel which led to his prayer for the return of the captives to Jerusalem (Daniel 9:2). 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? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back? In the year that King Ahaz died this oracle came: Do not rejoice, O Philistia, all of you,Because the rod that struck you is broken;For from the serpents root a viper will come out,And its fruit will be a flying serpent. The two pillars, the one sea, and the stands which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD--the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. Nebuchadnezzar also factors into Babylons history as the Assyrian king who was in power when Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were deported there (Daniel 1:1-7). In the year that King Ahaz died this oracle came: Do not rejoice, O Philistia, all of you. This is the plan devised against the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out against all the nations. How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little onesAgainst the rock. We also learn of the Assyrians in the book of Jonah. How can we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign land? "This day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's conduct will speak in the same way to all the king's princes, and there will be plenty of contempt and anger. It has its parallel in the fall of symbolic Babylon the Great, the world empire of false religion. 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. Now the bronze pillars which belonged to 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 all their bronze to Babylon. 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. Take the millstones and grind flour, put off your veil, strip off your robe, uncover your legs, pass through the rivers. that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased, And how fury has ceased! And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city. The satanic power behind Babylon addressed as Lucifer, son of the morning (14:12) is portrayed both in his original rebellion against God and in his ultimate judgment. The king appointed for them a daily ration from the kings choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be educated three years, at the end of which they were to enter the kings personal service. After the Medes had captured Asshur in 614 b.c. Now among them from the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 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. When He had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king Then Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the LORD and made them commit a great sin. For through the anger of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Given how Babylonia was influenced by ancient Sumer, it comes as no surprise that this pantheon of gods is shared between the two cultures. For thus says the Lord, When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place. The beginning of this kingdom was Babel, or Babylon (Gen. 10:8-10). The major attention given to Babylon in Isaiahs prophecies confirm Babylons importance in prophecy relating to the nations. They must not arise and take possession of the earth And fill the face of the world with cities." Breathtaking buildings adorned with enameled brick, neatly paved streets, and statues of lions and dragons made Babylon the most impressive city of its time. It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land. Her smoke rises up forever and ever., And a voice came from the throne, saying,Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great.. And he said, Hear me, brethren and fathers! The Tower of Babylon was the highest and largest of all, being 91 . The history of Babylonia proper, known as the Old Babylonia period (1830-1550 b.c. God rejected all the descendants of Israel and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He cast them out of His sightThe people of Israel walked in all the sins that Jeroboam didso Israel was exiled from their own land to Assyria (2 Kings 17:20-23). Babylon is a symbol for the world as ruled by the devil. "They will all respond and say to you, 'Even you have been made weak as we, You have become like us. He burned the house of the Lord, the kings house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire. "Biblical History of Ancient Babylon." The book of Daniel gives us insight into the nations which emerged. The fall of Babylon is a historical event that occurred in 539 BC. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand. '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. The Scriptures record that the Lord judged the people and confounded their language with the result that the city and the tower were left unfinished (Genesis 11:5-8). Letters were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces to destroy, to kill and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to seize their possessions as plunder. The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, in all 139. These came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah. But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him. 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. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city. Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, What did these men say, and from where have they come to you? And Hezekiah said, They have come to me from a far country, from Babylon., Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house and all that your fathers have laid up in store to this day will be carried to Babylon; nothing will be left, says the, And some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will beget, will be taken away, and they will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.. Salem Media Group. So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place. "Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs." They will ask for the way to Zion, turning their faces in its direction; they will come that they may join themselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten. So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple. Nebuchadnezzar was the last truly great ruler of Babylon. If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill. Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. We know that sin and evil on an individual basis entered the world when Adam and Eve sinned, therefore causing their spiritual death (Genesis 3). The books of 'latter prophets' preserve sayings and stories of religious and political activists ('prophets') who served as the spiritual conscience of the nation throughout its history, reminding. In Daniels interpretation of the tree vision of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4, he had predicted Nebuchadnezzars humiliation in which he suffered seven years of insanity before his reason returned. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever. At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. This has been your practice from your youth, That you have not obeyed My voice. But some of the poorest people who had nothing, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard left behind in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at that time. Revelation 17:4: "She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries." The Bible has . Because of the iniquity of their fathers. Now among them from the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 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. But some of the poorest people who had nothing, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard left behind in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at that time. According to Herodotus the walls were 56 miles in circumference, 335 feet high, and 85 feet wide. So Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two. "As I live," declares the LORD, "even though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were a signet ring on My right hand, yet I would pull you off; and I will give you over into the hand of those who are seeking your life, yes, into the hand of those whom you dread, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans. And they went by way of the Arabah. Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! The sons of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda, the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Ami. Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand. 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.. Even if literal Babylon is not rebuilt as a city in the last days and subjected to the sudden destruction described in Revelation 18, Babylon as an influence for evil politically and religiously will not be terminated until Jesus Christ comes in power and glory to reign. Babylon is military in nature. "For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, That fierce and impetuous people Who march throughout the earth To seize dwelling places which are not theirs. But desert creatures will lie down there, And their houses will be full of owls; Ostriches also will live there, and shaggy goats will frolic there. Mystery Babylon is a city that sits on seven hills. It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. "Arise, go up against a nation which is at ease, Which lives securely," declares the LORD "It has no gates or bars; They dwell alone. And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it. Nebuchadnezzar also brought some of the articles of the house of the LORD to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon. Two centuries later, Alexander the Great planned to make Babylon the jewel of his Asian empire, but ended up dying in the city in 323 B.C.E. All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392. And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been slain on the earth.. So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. Zavada, Jack. Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the, For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the, For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the. In the Bible, Babylon is described as a violent and oppressive kingdom that destroyed cities and enslaved their people. Now it took place in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces. It is: "Babylon the Great, the mother of prostitutes and of the abomination of the earth.". If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill. At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. He burned the house of the Lord, the kings house and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire. "Command them to go to their masters, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, thus you shall say to your masters, read more. There were ninety-six exposed pomegranates; all the pomegranates numbered a hundred on the network all around. 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. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. 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 on the tenth day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who was in the service of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 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. He is the author "Hope for Hurting Singles: A Christian Guide to Overcoming Life's Challenges.". read more. God sometimes used the Babylonian Empire to punish Israel, but his prophets foretold that Babylon's sins would eventually cause its own destruction. 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. that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say. 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. The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns. "They will take away their tents and their flocks; They will carry off for themselves Their tent curtains, all their goods and their camels, And they will call out to one another, 'Terror on every side!' Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death. 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.that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,How the oppressor has ceased,And how fury has ceased! The peoples will take them along and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of the LORD as male servants and female servants; and they will take their captors captive and will rule over their oppressors. "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. 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. A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media; I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused. Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you; Which you will not know how to charm away; And destruction about which you do not know. It may have been a fortress but was more likely a temple. Some scholars believe that the name Babylon is derived from the Akkadian name "babilani" and is translated "the gates of the gods.". For thus says the Lord, When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place. But he will be broken without human agency. From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. 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. A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered! Jeremiah is seen as the true prophet of God in contrast to the false prophets who had predicted victory over Babylon (cp. 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 ). 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. Babylon carried Israel off in a two-stage deportation (597 and 587 BC), and Israels people were subject to their rulers. So the "great harlot" is Babylon the Great. Another massive prophecy against Babylon is found in Isaiah 47. read more. The LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight. 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. Jeremiah 51:49. "You will not be united with them in burial, Because you have ruined your country, You have slain your people. They would cut off feet, lips, and noses. All the articles of gold and silver numbered 5,400. Babylon will be rebuilt greater than ever in the land of Shinar (Zech. Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city. behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,' declares the LORD, 'and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them and make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation. ; The story also reveals why God sometimes intervenes with a divisive hand in human affairs. 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.
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