Babylon
148 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
94 sections
- A Type of Antichrist
- Ambassadors of, Sent to Hezekiah
- Armies of, Described
- As a Power Was: An Instrument of God's Vengeance on Other Nations
- As a Power Was: Arrogant
- As a Power Was: Covetous
- As a Power Was: Cruel and Destructive
- As a Power Was: Grand and Stately
- As a Power Was: Oppressive
- As a Power Was: Secure and Self-Confident
- Babylon the Capital of Called Babylon the Great
- Babylon the Capital of Called Beauty of Chaldees
- Babylon the Capital of Called the City of Merchants
- Babylon the Capital of Called the Glory of Kingdoms
- Babylon the Capital of Called the Golden City
- Babylon the Capital of Enlarged by Nebuchadnezzar
- Babylon the Capital of Its Antiquity
- Babylon the Capital of Surrounded with a Great Wall and Fortified
- Babylon the Chief Province of
- City of Built by Nimrod
- City of Capital of the Kingdom of Babylon
- City of Gates of
- City of in the Land of Shinar
- City of Peter Writes From
- City of Prophecies Concerning
- City of Splendor of
- City of Tower of
- City of Walled
- Composed of Many Nations
- Destroyed by the Medes
- Empire of a Limited Monarchy
- Empire of Armies of, Invade Ancient Canaan
- Empire of At the Time of Ahasuerus
- Empire of Called Land of Shinar
- Empire of Colonists From, Sent to Samaria
- Empire of Conquest of Egypt By
- Empire of Divisions of
- Empire of Extent of, at the Time of Nebuchadnezzar
- Empire of Founded by Nimrod
- Empire of Jews Carried To
- Empire of Judah
- Empire of Merathaim
- Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By
- Empire of Prophetic Denunciations Against
- Empire of Samaria
- Empire of Sheshach
- Empire of Tyrannical
- Figurative
- Formerly a Part of Mesopotamia
- Founded by the Assyrians, and a Part of Their Empire
- Governed by Kings
- Grief of the Jews In
- Inhabitants of Addicted to Magic
- Inhabitants of Idolatrous
- Inhabitants of Profane and Sacrilegious
- Inhabitants of Wicked
- Languages Spoken In
- Nebuchadnezzar King of Besieged and Took Jerusalem
- Nebuchadnezzar King of Besieged Jerusalem
- Nebuchadnezzar King of Burned Jerusalem
- Nebuchadnezzar King of Made Jehoiakim Tributary
- Nebuchadnezzar King of Made Zedekiah King
- Nebuchadnezzar King of Rebelled Against by Zedekiah
- Nebuchadnezzar King of Spoiled and Burned the Temple
- Nebuchadnezzar King of Spoiled the Temple
- Nebuchadnezzar King of Took Jehoiachin Captive to Babylon
- Nebuchadnezzar King of Took Zedekiah Captive to Babylon
- Origin of
- Origin of the Name
- Predictions Respecting: Captivity of the Jews By
- Predictions Respecting: Conquests By
- Predictions Respecting: Destruction of
- Predictions Respecting: Perpetual Desolation of
- Predictions Respecting: Preaching of the Gospel In
- Predictions Respecting: Restoration of the Jews From
- Presidents Placed Over
- Remarkable For: Antiquity
- Remarkable For: Commerce
- Remarkable For: Manufacture of Garments
- Remarkable For: Military Power
- Remarkable For: National Greatness
- Remarkable For: Naval Power
- Remarkable For: Wealth
- Remarkable For: Wisdom of Senators
- Represented by a Great Eagle
- Represented by a Head of Gold
- Represented by a Lion with Eagle's Wings
- Restoration of the Jews From
- Revolt of the Jews From, and Their Punishment Illustrated
- Situated Beyond the Euphrates
- The Gospel Preached In
- The Jews Exhorted to be Subject To, and Settle In
- Treatment of the Jews In
- Watered by the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris
A Type of Antichrist
- Revelation 16:19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
- Revelation 17:5 And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Ambassadors of, Sent to Hezekiah
- 2 Kings 20:12 At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.
Armies of, Described
- Habakkuk 1:7–9 They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty. …
As a Power Was: An Instrument of God's Vengeance on Other Nations
- Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
- Isaiah 47:6 I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
As a Power Was: Arrogant
- Isaiah 14:13–14 You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. …
- Jeremiah 50:29 Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
- Jeremiah 50:31–32 “Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you. …
As a Power Was: Covetous
- Jeremiah 51:13 You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
As a Power Was: Cruel and Destructive
- Isaiah 14:17 who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
- Isaiah 47:6 I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
- Jeremiah 51:25 “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
- Habakkuk 1:6–7 For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans — that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own. …
As a Power Was: Grand and Stately
- Isaiah 47:1 “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
- Isaiah 47:5 “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
As a Power Was: Oppressive
- Isaiah 14:4 you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
As a Power Was: Secure and Self-Confident
- Isaiah 47:7–8 You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome. …
Babylon the Capital of Called Babylon the Great
- Daniel 4:30 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”
Babylon the Capital of Called Beauty of Chaldees
- Isaiah 13:19 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Babylon the Capital of Called the City of Merchants
- Ezekiel 17:4 He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
Babylon the Capital of Called the Glory of Kingdoms
- Isaiah 13:19 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Babylon the Capital of Called the Golden City
- Isaiah 14:4 you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
Babylon the Capital of Enlarged by Nebuchadnezzar
- Daniel 4:30 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”
Babylon the Capital of Its Antiquity
- Genesis 11:4 “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
- Genesis 11:9 That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
Babylon the Capital of Surrounded with a Great Wall and Fortified
- Jeremiah 51:53 Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 51:58 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
Babylon the Chief Province of
- Daniel 3:1 King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
City of Built by Nimrod
- Genesis 10:10 His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
City of Capital of the Kingdom of Babylon
- Daniel 4:30 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”
- 2 Kings 25:13 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:6–7 Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. …
- 2 Chronicles 36:10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 36:18 who carried off everything to Babylon— all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.
- 2 Chronicles 36:20 Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
City of Gates of
- Isaiah 45:1–2 This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: …
- Jeremiah 51:58 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
City of in the Land of Shinar
- Genesis 10:10 His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Genesis 11:2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
City of Peter Writes From
- 1 Peter 5:13 The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, as does my son Mark.
City of Prophecies Concerning
- Psalm 87:4 “I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me — along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
- Psalm 137:8–9 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us. …
- Isaiah 13:1 This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
- Isaiah 14:4–26 you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! …
- Isaiah 21:1–10 This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror. …
- Isaiah 46:1–2 Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal. …
- Isaiah 47:1 “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
- Isaiah 48:14 Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.
- Isaiah 48:20 Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
- Jeremiah 21:4–10 this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble …
- Jeremiah 25:12–14 But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. …
- Jeremiah 27:1–11 At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD. …
- Jeremiah 28:14 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of …
- Jeremiah 32:28 Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.
- Jeremiah 34:2–3 The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down. …
- Jeremiah 42:11–12 Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him. …
- Jeremiah 43:1 When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God— everything that the LORD had sent him to say—
- Jeremiah 46:13–26 This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt: …
- Jeremiah 49:28–30 Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east! …
- Jeremiah 50:1 This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
- Jeremiah 51:1 This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
- Ezekiel 21:19 “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.
- Ezekiel 26:1 In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 29:17–20 In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, …
- Ezekiel 30:10 This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
- Ezekiel 32:11 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
- Daniel 2:21–38 He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. …
- Daniel 4:10–26 In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great. …
- Daniel 5:25–29 Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN. …
- Daniel 7:1 In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.
- Habakkuk 1:5–11 “Look at the nations and observe— be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you. …
- Zechariah 2:7–9 “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!” …
City of Splendor of
- Isaiah 14:4 you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
City of Tower of
- Genesis 11:1–9 Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech. …
City of Walled
- Jeremiah 51:44 I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
- Jeremiah 51:58 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
Composed of Many Nations
- Daniel 3:4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:
- Daniel 3:29 Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who …
Destroyed by the Medes
- Daniel 5:30–31 That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain, …
Empire of a Limited Monarchy
- Esther 1:13–19 Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice. …
- Esther 8:8 Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”
- Daniel 6:8 Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed — in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”
- Daniel 6:14 As soon as the king heard this, he was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel, and he labored until sundown to rescue him.
- Daniel 6:17 A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.
Empire of Armies of, Invade Ancient Canaan
- Genesis 14:1 In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
Empire of At the Time of Ahasuerus
- Esther 1:1 This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
- Esther 8:9 At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from …
- Esther 9:30 And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
Empire of Called Land of Shinar
- Genesis 10:10 His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Genesis 11:2 And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
- Genesis 14:1 In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
- Genesis 14:9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar— four kings against five.
- Isaiah 11:11 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Daniel 1:2 And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.
- Zechariah 5:11 “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”
Empire of Colonists From, Sent to Samaria
- Ezra 4:9–10 From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates— the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa, …
- 2 Kings 17:29–32 Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places. …
Empire of Conquest of Egypt By
- 2 Kings 24:7 Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
Empire of Divisions of
- 2 Kings 17:24 Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
- 2 Kings 24:7 Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
- Isaiah 23:12–13 He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus— even there you will find no rest.” …
- Daniel 3:1 King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
- Acts 7:4 So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
Empire of Extent of, at the Time of Nebuchadnezzar
- Daniel 2:37–38 You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory. …
- Daniel 4:1 King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
- Daniel 6:1 Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
Empire of Founded by Nimrod
- Genesis 10:10 His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Empire of Jews Carried To
- 2 Kings 25:1 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
- 1 Chronicles 9:1 So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11 So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17–21 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, …
- Jeremiah 32:2 At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 39:1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.
- Jeremiah 52:1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
Empire of Judah
- 2 Kings 24:1–16 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. …
Empire of Merathaim
- Jeremiah 50:21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD.
Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By
- 2 Kings 20:16–19 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD: …
- Jeremiah 20:4–7 For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will …
- Jeremiah 21:1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
- Jeremiah 22:1 This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,
- Jeremiah 25:1–11 This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. …
- Jeremiah 27:1 At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.
- Jeremiah 28:1 In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the …
- Jeremiah 29:1 This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 32:28–29 Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it. …
- Jeremiah 34:1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.
- Jeremiah 36:29 You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive …
- Jeremiah 38:17–18 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and …
- Jeremiah 43:8–13 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes: …
- Jeremiah 46:13–26 This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt: …
- Ezekiel 12:1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 17:1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 19:1 “As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel
- Ezekiel 21:1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 24:1 In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 26:1 In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 29:18–20 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it. …
- Ezekiel 30:1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 32:1 In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Empire of Prophetic Denunciations Against
- Psalm 137:8–9 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us. …
- Isaiah 13:1 This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
- Isaiah 14:21 Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
- Isaiah 43:14–17 Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice. …
- Isaiah 47:1 “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
- Jeremiah 50:1 This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
- Jeremiah 51:1 This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
Empire of Samaria
- 2 Kings 17:5–24 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years. …
Empire of Sheshach
- Jeremiah 25:26 all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another — all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
- Jeremiah 51:41 How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
Empire of Tyrannical
- Esther 3:7–15 In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar. …
- Daniel 3:1 King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
Figurative
- Revelation 14:8 Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
- Revelation 16:19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
- Revelation 17:1 Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
- Revelation 18:1 After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.
Formerly a Part of Mesopotamia
- Acts 7:2 And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Founded by the Assyrians, and a Part of Their Empire
- 2 Kings 17:24 Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
- Isaiah 23:13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans— a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
Governed by Kings
- 2 Kings 20:12 At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.
- Daniel 5:1 Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
Grief of the Jews In
- Psalm 137:1–6 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. …
Inhabitants of Addicted to Magic
- Isaiah 47:9 These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
- Isaiah 47:12–13 So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror! …
- Daniel 2:1–2 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him. …
Inhabitants of Idolatrous
- Jeremiah 50:38 A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
- Daniel 3:18 But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
Inhabitants of Profane and Sacrilegious
- Daniel 5:1–3 Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them. …
Inhabitants of Wicked
- Isaiah 47:10 You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
Languages Spoken In
- Daniel 1:4 young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace— and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.
- Daniel 2:4 Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
Nebuchadnezzar King of Besieged and Took Jerusalem
- 2 Kings 25:1–4 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. …
Nebuchadnezzar King of Besieged Jerusalem
- 2 Kings 24:10–11 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. …
Nebuchadnezzar King of Burned Jerusalem
- 2 Kings 25:9–10 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem — every significant building. …
Nebuchadnezzar King of Made Jehoiakim Tributary
- 2 Kings 24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
Nebuchadnezzar King of Made Zedekiah King
- 2 Kings 24:17 Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Nebuchadnezzar King of Rebelled Against by Zedekiah
- 2 Kings 24:20 For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar King of Spoiled and Burned the Temple
- 2 Kings 25:9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem — every significant building.
- 2 Kings 25:13–17 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon. …
- 2 Chronicles 36:18–19 who carried off everything to Babylon— all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials. …
Nebuchadnezzar King of Spoiled the Temple
- 2 Kings 24:13 As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
Nebuchadnezzar King of Took Jehoiachin Captive to Babylon
- 2 Kings 24:12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
- 2 Kings 24:14–16 He carried into exile all Jerusalem — all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths — ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained. …
- 2 Chronicles 36:10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Nebuchadnezzar King of Took Zedekiah Captive to Babylon
- 2 Kings 25:7 And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:11 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
- 2 Kings 25:18–21 The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers. …
- 2 Chronicles 36:20 Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
Origin of
- Genesis 10:8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
- Genesis 10:10 His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Origin of the Name
- Genesis 11:8–9 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city. …
Predictions Respecting: Captivity of the Jews By
- Jeremiah 20:4–6 For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will …
- Jeremiah 22:20–26 Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed. …
- Jeremiah 25:9–11 behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding …
- Micah 4:10 Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
Predictions Respecting: Conquests By
- Jeremiah 21:3–10 But Jeremiah answered, “You are to tell Zedekiah that …
- Jeremiah 27:2–6 This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck. …
- Jeremiah 49:28–33 Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east! …
- Ezekiel 21:19–32 “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city. …
- Ezekiel 29:18–20 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it. …
Predictions Respecting: Destruction of
- Isaiah 13:1–22 This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: …
- Isaiah 14:4–22 you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! …
- Isaiah 21:1–10 This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror. …
- Isaiah 47:1–15 “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. …
- Jeremiah 25:12 But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.
- Jeremiah 50:1 This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
Predictions Respecting: Perpetual Desolation of
- Isaiah 13:19–22 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. …
- Isaiah 14:22–23 “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD. …
- Jeremiah 50:13 Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.
- Jeremiah 50:39 So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
- Jeremiah 51:37 Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
Predictions Respecting: Preaching of the Gospel In
- Psalm 87:4 “I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me — along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
Predictions Respecting: Restoration of the Jews From
- Isaiah 14:1–4 For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob. …
- Isaiah 44:28 who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
- Isaiah 48:20 Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
- Jeremiah 29:10 For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
- Jeremiah 50:4 “In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
- Jeremiah 50:8 Flee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.
- Jeremiah 50:19 I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
Presidents Placed Over
- Daniel 2:48 Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 6:1 Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
Remarkable For: Antiquity
- Jeremiah 5:15 Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
Remarkable For: Commerce
- Ezekiel 17:4 He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
Remarkable For: Manufacture of Garments
- Joshua 7:21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
Remarkable For: Military Power
- Jeremiah 5:16 Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
- Jeremiah 50:23 How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
Remarkable For: National Greatness
- Isaiah 13:19 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Jeremiah 51:41 How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
Remarkable For: Naval Power
- Isaiah 43:14 Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
Remarkable For: Wealth
- Jeremiah 50:37 A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
- Jeremiah 51:13 You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
Remarkable For: Wisdom of Senators
- Isaiah 47:10 You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
- Jeremiah 50:35 A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.
Represented by a Great Eagle
- Ezekiel 17:3 and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
Represented by a Head of Gold
- Daniel 2:32 The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze,
- Daniel 2:37–38 You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory. …
Represented by a Lion with Eagle's Wings
- Daniel 7:4 The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man and given the mind of a man.
Restoration of the Jews From
- 2 Chronicles 36:23 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may …
- Ezra 1:1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
Revolt of the Jews From, and Their Punishment Illustrated
- Ezekiel 17:1–24 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, …
Situated Beyond the Euphrates
- Genesis 11:31 And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
- Joshua 24:2–3 And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods. …
The Gospel Preached In
- 1 Peter 5:13 The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, as does my son Mark.
The Jews Exhorted to be Subject To, and Settle In
- Jeremiah 27:17 Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?
- Jeremiah 29:1–7 This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. …
Treatment of the Jews In
- 2 Kings 25:27–30 On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison. …
- Daniel 1:3–7 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility— …
Watered by the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris
- Psalm 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
- Jeremiah 51:13 You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.