Bible Cross References
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Jeremiah 29:10
"The LORD says, 'When Babylonia's seventy years are over, I will show my concern for you and keep my promise to bring you back home.
2 Kings 24:1
While Jehoiakim was king, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, and for three years Jehoiakim was forced to submit to his rule; then he rebelled.
Ezra 1:1
In the first year that Cyrus of Persia was emperor, the LORD made what he had said through the prophet Jeremiah come true. He prompted Cyrus to issue the following command and send it out in writing to be read aloud everywhere in his empire:
Ezra 1:2
"This is the command of Cyrus, Emperor of Persia. The LORD, the God of Heaven, has made me ruler over the whole world and has given me the responsibility of building a temple for him in Jerusalem in Judah.
Daniel 9:2
In the first year of his reign I was studying the sacred books and thinking about the seventy years that Jerusalem would be in ruins, according to what the LORD had told the prophet Jeremiah.
that I
Jeremiah 25:14
I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done, and many nations and great kings will make slaves of them.' "
Jeremiah 50:1-51
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This is the message that the LORD gave me about the city of Babylon and its people:
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"Tell the news to the nations! Proclaim it! Give the signal and announce the news! Do not keep it a secret! Babylon has fallen! Her god Marduk has been shattered! Babylon's idols are put to shame; her disgusting images are crushed!
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"A nation from the north has come to attack Babylonia and will make it a desert. People and animals will run away, and no one will live there."
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The LORD says, "When that time comes, the people of both Israel and Judah will come weeping, looking for me, their God.
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They will ask the way to Zion and then go in that direction. They will make an eternal covenant with me and never break it.
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"My people are like sheep whose shepherds have let them get lost in the mountains. They have wandered like sheep from one mountain to another, and they have forgotten where their home is.
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They are attacked by all who find them. Their enemies say, 'They sinned against the LORD, and so what we have done is not wrong. Their ancestors trusted in the LORD, and they themselves should have remained faithful to him.'
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"People of Israel, run away from Babylonia! Leave the country! Be the first to leave!
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I am going to stir up a group of strong nations in the north and make them attack Babylonia. They will line up in battle against the country and conquer it. They are skillful hunters, shooting arrows that never miss the mark.
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Babylonia will be looted, and those who loot it will take everything they want. I, the LORD, have spoken."
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The LORD says, "People of Babylonia, you plundered my nation. You are happy and glad, going about like a cow threshing grain or like a neighing horse,
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but your own great city will be humiliated and disgraced. Babylonia will be the least important nation of all; it will become a dry and waterless desert.
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Because of my anger no one will live in Babylon; it will be left in ruins, and all who pass by will be shocked and amazed.
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"Archers, line up for battle against Babylon and surround it. Shoot all your arrows at Babylon, because it has sinned against me, the LORD.
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Raise the war cry all around the city! Now Babylon has surrendered. Its walls have been broken through and torn down. I am taking my revenge on the Babylonians. So take your revenge on them, and treat them as they have treated others.
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Do not let seeds be planted in that country nor let a harvest be gathered. Every foreigner living there will be afraid of the attacking army and will go back home."
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The LORD says, "The people of Israel are like sheep, chased and scattered by lions. First, they were attacked by the emperor of Assyria, and then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia gnawed on their bones.
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Because of this, I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, will punish King Nebuchadnezzar and his country, just as I punished the emperor of Assyria.
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I will restore the people of Israel to their land. They will eat the food that grows on Mount Carmel and in the region of Bashan, and they will eat all they want of the crops that grow in the territories of Ephraim and Gilead.
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When that time comes, no sin will be found in Israel and no wickedness in Judah, because I will forgive those people whose lives I have spared. I, the LORD, have spoken."
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The LORD says, "Attack the people of Merathaim and of Pekod. Kill and destroy them. Do everything I command you. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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The noise of battle is heard in the land, and there is great destruction.
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Babylonia hammered the whole world to pieces, and now that hammer is shattered! All the nations are shocked at what has happened to that country.
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Babylonia, you fought against me, and you have been caught in the trap I set for you, even though you did not know it.
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I have opened the place where my weapons are stored, and in my anger I have taken them out, because I, the Sovereign LORD Almighty, have work to do in Babylonia.
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Attack it from every side and break open the places where its grain is stored! Pile up the loot like piles of grain! Destroy the country! Leave nothing at all!
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Kill all their soldiers! Slaughter them! The people of Babylonia are doomed! The time has come for them to be punished!"
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(Refugees escape from Babylonia and come to Jerusalem, and they tell how the LORD our God took revenge for what the Babylonians had done to his Temple.)
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"Tell the archers to attack Babylon. Send out everyone who knows how to use the bow and arrow. Surround the city and don't let anyone escape. Pay it back for all it has done, and treat it as it has treated others, because it acted with pride against me, the Holy One of Israel.
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So its young men will be killed in the city streets, and all its soldiers will be destroyed on that day. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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"Babylonia, you are filled with pride, so I, the Sovereign LORD Almighty, am against you! The time has come for me to punish you.
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Your proud nation will stumble and fall, and no one will help you up. I will set your cities on fire, and everything around will be destroyed."
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The LORD Almighty says, "The people of Israel and of Judah are oppressed. All who captured them are guarding them closely and will not let them go.
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But the one who will rescue them is strong---his name is the LORD Almighty. He himself will take up their cause and will bring peace to the earth, but trouble to the people of Babylonia."
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The LORD says, "Death to Babylonia! Death to its people, to its rulers, to its people of wisdom.
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Death to its lying prophets--- what fools they are! Death to its soldiers--- how terrified they are!
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Destroy its horses and chariots! Death to its hired soldiers--- how weak they are! Destroy its treasures; plunder and loot.
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Bring a drought on its land and dry up its rivers. Babylonia is a land of terrifying idols that have made fools of the people.
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"And so Babylon will be haunted by demons and evil spirits, and by unclean birds. Never again will people live there, not for all time to come.
40
The same thing will happen to Babylon that happened to Sodom and Gomorrah, when I destroyed them and the nearby towns. No one will ever live there again. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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"People are coming from a country in the north, a mighty nation far away; many kings are preparing for war.
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They have taken their bows and swords; they are cruel and merciless. They sound like the roaring sea, as they ride their horses. They are ready for battle against Babylonia.
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The king of Babylonia hears the news, and his hands hang limp. He is seized by anguish, by pain like a woman in labor.
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"Like a lion coming out of the thick woods along the Jordan up to the green pasture land, I, the LORD, will come and make the Babylonians run away suddenly from their city. Then the leader I choose will rule the nation. Who can be compared to me? Who would dare challenge me? What ruler could oppose me?
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So listen to the plan that I have made against the city of Babylon and to what I intend to do to its people. Even their children will be dragged off, and everyone will be horrified.
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When Babylon falls, there will be such a noise that the entire earth will shake, and the cries of alarm will be heard by the other nations."
Deuteronomy 32:35-42
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The LORD will take revenge and punish them; the time will come when they will fall; the day of their doom is near.
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The LORD will rescue his people when he sees that their strength is gone. He will have mercy on those who serve him, when he sees how helpless they are.
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Then the LORD will ask his people, 'Where are those mighty gods you trusted?
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You fed them the fat of your sacrifices and offered them wine to drink. Let them come and help you now; let them run to your rescue.
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" 'I, and I alone, am God; no other god is real. I kill and I give life, I wound and I heal, and no one can oppose what I do.
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As surely as I am the living God, I raise my hand and I vow
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that I will sharpen my flashing sword and see that justice is done. I will take revenge on my enemies and punish those who hate me.
42
My arrows will drip with their blood, and my sword will kill all who oppose me. I will spare no one who fights against me; even the wounded and prisoners will die.'
Isaiah 13:1-14
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This is a message about Babylon, which Isaiah son of Amoz received from God.
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On the top of a barren hill raise the battle flag! Shout to the soldiers and raise your arm as the signal for them to attack the gates of the proud city.
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The LORD has called out his proud and confident soldiers to fight a holy war and punish those he is angry with.
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Listen to the noise on the mountains---the sound of a great crowd of people, the sound of nations and kingdoms gathering. The LORD of Armies is preparing his troops for battle.
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They are coming from far-off countries at the ends of the earth. In his anger the LORD is coming to devastate the whole country.
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Howl in pain! The day of the LORD is near, the day when the Almighty brings destruction.
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Everyone's hands will hang limp, and everyone's courage will fail.
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They will all be terrified and overcome with pain, like the pain of a woman in labor. They will look at each other in fear, and their faces will burn with shame.
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The day of the LORD is coming---that cruel day of his fierce anger and fury. The earth will be made a wilderness, and every sinner will be destroyed.
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Every star and every constellation will stop shining, the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will give no light.
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The LORD says, "I will bring disaster on the earth and punish all wicked people for their sins. I will humble everyone who is proud and punish everyone who is arrogant and cruel.
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Those who survive will be scarcer than gold.
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I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place on that day when I, the LORD Almighty, show my anger.
14
"The foreigners living in Babylon will run away to their homelands, scattering like deer escaping from hunters, like sheep without a shepherd.
Isaiah 21:1-17
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This is a message about Babylonia. Like a whirlwind sweeping across the desert, disaster will come from a terrifying land.
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I have seen a vision of cruel events, a vision of betrayal and destruction. Army of Elam, attack! Army of Media, lay siege to the cities! God will put an end to the suffering which Babylon has caused.
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What I saw and heard in the vision has filled me with terror and pain, pain like that of a woman in labor.
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My head is spinning, and I am trembling with fear. I had been longing for evening to come, but it has brought me nothing but terror.
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In the vision a banquet is ready; rugs are spread for the guests to sit on. They are eating and drinking. Suddenly the command rings out: "Officers! Prepare your shields!"
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Then the Lord said to me, "Go and post a sentry, and tell him to report what he sees.
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If he sees riders coming on horseback, two by two, and riders on donkeys and camels, he is to observe them carefully."
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The sentry calls out, "Sir, I have been standing guard at my post day and night."
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Suddenly, here they come! Riders on horseback, two by two. The sentry gives the news, "Babylon has fallen! All the idols they worshiped lie shattered on the ground."
10
My people Israel, you have been threshed like wheat, but now I have announced to you the good news that I have heard from the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel.
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This is a message about Edom. Someone calls to me from Edom, "Sentry, how soon will the night be over? Tell me how soon it will end."
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I answer, "Morning is coming, but night will come again. If you want to ask again, come back and ask."
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This is a message about Arabia. People of Dedan, you whose caravans camp in the barren country of Arabia,
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give water to the thirsty people who come to you. You people of the land of Tema, give food to the refugees.
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People are fleeing to escape from swords that are ready to kill them, from bows that are ready to shoot, from all the dangers of war.
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Then the Lord said to me, "In exactly one year the greatness of the tribes of Kedar will be at an end.
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The archers are the bravest warriors of Kedar, but few of them will be left. I, the LORD God of Israel, have spoken."
Isaiah 46:1-47
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"This is the end for Babylon's gods! Bel and Nebo once were worshiped, but now they are loaded on donkeys, a burden for the backs of tired animals.
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The idols cannot save themselves; they are captured and carried away. This is the end for Babylon's gods!
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"Listen to me, descendants of Jacob, all who are left of my people. I have cared for you from the time you were born.
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I am your God and will take care of you until you are old and your hair is gray. I made you and will care for you; I will give you help and rescue you.
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"To whom will you compare me?" says the LORD. "Is there anyone else like me?
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People open their purses and pour out gold; they weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith to make a god; then they bow down and worship it.
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They lift it to their shoulders and carry it; they put it in place, and there it stands, unable to move from where it is. If any pray to it, it cannot answer or save them from disaster.
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"Remember this, you sinners; consider what I have done.
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Remember what happened long ago; acknowledge that I alone am God and that there is no one else like me.
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From the beginning I predicted the outcome; long ago I foretold what would happen. I said that my plans would never fail, that I would do everything I intended to do.
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I am calling a man to come from the east; he will swoop down like a hawk and accomplish what I have planned. I have spoken, and it will be done.
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"Listen to me, you stubborn people who think that victory is far away.
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I am bringing the day of victory near--- it is not far away at all. My triumph will not be delayed. I will save Jerusalem and bring honor to Israel there."
Daniel 5:1-31
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One night King Belshazzar invited a thousand noblemen to a great banquet, and they drank wine together.
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While they were drinking, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups and bowls which his father Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from the Temple in Jerusalem. The king sent for them so that he, his noblemen, his wives, and his concubines could drink out of them.
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At once the gold cups and bowls were brought in, and they all drank wine out of them
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and praised gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
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Suddenly a human hand appeared and began writing on the plaster wall of the palace, where the light from the lamps was shining most brightly. And the king saw the hand as it was writing.
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He turned pale and was so frightened that his knees began to shake.
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He shouted for someone to bring in the magicians, wizards, and astrologers. When they came in, the king said to them, "Anyone who can read this writing and tell me what it means will be dressed in robes of royal purple, wear a gold chain of honor around his neck, and be the third in power in the kingdom."
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The royal advisers came forward, but none of them could read the writing or tell the king what it meant.
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In his distress King Belshazzar grew even paler, and his noblemen had no idea what to do.
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The queen mother heard the noise made by the king and his noblemen and entered the banquet hall. She said, "May Your Majesty live forever! Please do not be so disturbed and look so pale.
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There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. When your father was king, this man showed good sense, knowledge, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him chief of the fortunetellers, magicians, wizards, and astrologers.
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He has unusual ability and is wise and skillful in interpreting dreams, solving riddles, and explaining mysteries; so send for this man Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar, and he will tell you what all this means."
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Daniel was brought at once into the king's presence, and the king said to him, "Are you Daniel, that Jewish exile whom my father the king brought here from Judah?
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I have heard that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that you are skillful and have knowledge and wisdom.
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The advisers and magicians were brought in to read this writing and tell me what it means, but they could not discover the meaning.
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Now I have heard that you can find hidden meanings and explain mysteries. If you can read this writing and tell me what it means, you will be dressed in robes of royal purple, wear a gold chain of honor around your neck, and be the third in power in the kingdom."
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Daniel replied, "Keep your gifts for yourself or give them to someone else. I will read for Your Majesty what has been written and tell you what it means.
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"The Supreme God made your father Nebuchadnezzar a great king and gave him dignity and majesty.
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He was so great that people of all nations, races, and languages were afraid of him and trembled. If he wanted to kill someone, he did; if he wanted to keep someone alive, he did. He honored or disgraced anyone he wanted to.
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But because he became proud, stubborn, and cruel, he was removed from his royal throne and lost his place of honor.
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He was driven away from human society, and his mind became like that of an animal. He lived with wild donkeys, ate grass like an ox, and slept in the open air with nothing to protect him from the dew. Finally he admitted that the Supreme God controls all human kingdoms and can give them to anyone he chooses.
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"But you, his son, have not humbled yourself, even though you knew all this.
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You acted against the Lord of heaven and brought in the cups and bowls taken from his Temple. You, your noblemen, your wives, and your concubines drank wine out of them and praised gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone---gods that cannot see or hear and that do not know anything. But you did not honor the God who determines whether you live or die and who controls everything you do.
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That is why God has sent the hand to write these words.
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"This is what was written: 'Number, number, weight, divisions.'
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And this is what it means: number, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;
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weight, you have been weighed on the scales and found to be too light;
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divisions, your kingdom is divided up and given to the Medes and Persians."
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Immediately Belshazzar ordered his servants to dress Daniel in a robe of royal purple and to hang a gold chain of honor around his neck. And he made him the third in power in the kingdom.
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That same night Belshazzar, the king of Babylonia, was killed;
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and Darius the Mede, who was then sixty-two years old, seized the royal power.
Habakkuk 2:1-20
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I will climb my watchtower and wait to see what the LORD will tell me to say and what answer he will give to my complaint.
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The LORD gave me this answer: "Write down clearly on tablets what I reveal to you, so that it can be read at a glance.
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Put it in writing, because it is not yet time for it to come true. But the time is coming quickly, and what I show you will come true. It may seem slow in coming, but wait for it; it will certainly take place, and it will not be delayed.
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And this is the message: 'Those who are evil will not survive, but those who are righteous will live because they are faithful to God.' "
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Wealth is deceitful. Greedy people are proud and restless---like death itself they are never satisfied. That is why they conquer nation after nation for themselves.
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The conquered people will taunt their conquerors and show their scorn for them. They will say, "You take what isn't yours, but you are doomed! How long will you go on getting rich by forcing your debtors to pay up?"
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But before you know it, you that have conquered others will be in debt yourselves and be forced to pay interest. Enemies will come and make you tremble. They will plunder you!
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You have plundered the people of many nations, but now those who have survived will plunder you because of the murders you have committed and because of your violence against the people of the world and its cities.
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You are doomed! You have made your family rich with what you took by violence, and have tried to make your own home safe from harm and danger!
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But your schemes have brought shame on your family; by destroying many nations you have only brought ruin on yourself.
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Even the stones of the walls cry out against you, and the rafters echo the cry.
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You are doomed! You founded a city on crime and built it up by murder.
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The nations you conquered wore themselves out in useless labor, and all they have built goes up in flames. The LORD Almighty has done this.
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But the earth will be as full of the knowledge of the LORD's glory as the seas are full of water.
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You are doomed! In your fury you humiliated and disgraced your neighbors; you made them stagger as though they were drunk.
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You in turn will be covered with shame instead of honor. You yourself will drink and stagger. The LORD will make you drink your own cup of punishment, and your honor will be turned to disgrace.
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You have cut down the forests of Lebanon; now you will be cut down. You killed its animals; now animals will terrify you. This will happen because of the murders you have committed and because of your violence against the people of the world and its cities.
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What's the use of an idol? It is only something that a human being has made, and it tells you nothing but lies. What good does it do for its maker to trust it---a god that can't even talk!
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You are doomed! You say to a piece of wood, "Wake up!" or to a block of stone, "Get up!" Can an idol reveal anything to you? It may be covered with silver and gold, but there is no life in it.
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The LORD is in his holy Temple; let everyone on earth be silent in his presence.
Revelation 18:1-24
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After this I saw another angel coming down out of heaven. He had great authority, and his splendor brightened the whole earth.
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He cried out in a loud voice: "She has fallen! Great Babylon has fallen! She is now haunted by demons and unclean spirits; all kinds of filthy and hateful birds live in her.
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For all the nations have drunk her wine---the strong wine of her immoral lust. The kings of the earth practiced sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the world grew rich from her unrestrained lust."
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Then I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out, my people! Come out from her! You must not take part in her sins; you must not share in her punishment!
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For her sins are piled up as high as heaven, and God remembers her wicked ways.
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Treat her exactly as she has treated you; pay her back double for all she has done. Fill her cup with a drink twice as strong as the drink she prepared for you.
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Give her as much suffering and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. For she keeps telling herself: 'Here I sit, a queen! I am no widow, I will never know grief !'
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Because of this, in one day she will be struck with plagues--- disease, grief, and famine. And she will be burned with fire, because the Lord God, who judges her, is mighty."
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The kings of the earth who took part in her immorality and lust will cry and weep over the city when they see the smoke from the flames that consume her.
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They stand a long way off, because they are afraid of sharing in her suffering. They say, "How terrible! How awful! This great and mighty city Babylon! In just one hour you have been punished!"
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The merchants of the earth also cry and mourn for her, because no one buys their goods any longer;
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no one buys their gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; their goods of linen, purple cloth, silk, and scarlet cloth; all kinds of rare woods and all kinds of objects made of ivory and of expensive wood, of bronze, iron, and marble;
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and cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine and oil, flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and carriages, slaves, and even human lives.
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The merchants say to her, "All the good things you longed to own have disappeared, and all your wealth and glamor are gone, and you will never find them again!"
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The merchants, who became rich from doing business in that city, will stand a long way off, because they are afraid of sharing in her suffering. They will cry and mourn,
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and say, "How terrible! How awful for the great city! She used to dress herself in linen, purple, and scarlet, and cover herself with gold ornaments, precious stones, and pearls!
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And in one hour she has lost all this wealth!" All the ships' captains and passengers, the sailors and all others who earn their living on the sea, stood a long way off,
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and cried out as they saw the smoke from the flames that consumed her: "There never has been another city like this great city!"
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They threw dust on their heads, they cried and mourned, saying, "How terrible! How awful for the great city! She is the city where all who have ships sailing the seas became rich on her wealth! And in one hour she has lost everything!"
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Be glad, heaven, because of her destruction! Be glad, God's people and the apostles and prophets! For God has condemned her for what she did to you!
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Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "This is how the great city Babylon will be violently thrown down and will never be seen again.
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The music of harps and of human voices, of players of the flute and the trumpet, will never be heard in you again! No workman in any trade will ever be found in you again; and the sound of the millstone will be heard no more!
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Never again will the light of a lamp be seen in you; no more will the voices of brides and grooms be heard in you. Your merchants were the most powerful in all the world, and with your false magic you deceived all the peoples of the world!"
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Babylon was punished because the blood of prophets and of God's people was found in the city; yes, the blood of all those who have been killed on earth.
punish
Jeremiah 23:2
This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the rulers who were supposed to take care of his people: "You have not taken care of my people; you have scattered them and driven them away. Now I am going to punish you for the evil you have done.
perpetual
Jeremiah 50:3
"A nation from the north has come to attack Babylonia and will make it a desert. People and animals will run away, and no one will live there."
Jeremiah 50:13
Because of my anger no one will live in Babylon; it will be left in ruins, and all who pass by will be shocked and amazed.
Jeremiah 50:23
Babylonia hammered the whole world to pieces, and now that hammer is shattered! All the nations are shocked at what has happened to that country.
Jeremiah 50:39
"And so Babylon will be haunted by demons and evil spirits, and by unclean birds. Never again will people live there, not for all time to come.
Jeremiah 50:40
The same thing will happen to Babylon that happened to Sodom and Gomorrah, when I destroyed them and the nearby towns. No one will ever live there again. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Jeremiah 50:45
So listen to the plan that I have made against the city of Babylon and to what I intend to do to its people. Even their children will be dragged off, and everyone will be horrified.
Jeremiah 51:25
Babylonia, you are like a mountain that destroys the whole world, but I, the LORD, am your enemy. I will take hold of you, level you to the ground, and leave you in ashes.
Jeremiah 51:26
None of the stones from your ruins will ever be used again for building. You will be like a desert forever. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Jeremiah 51:62-64
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Then pray, ' LORD, you have said that you would destroy this place, so that there would be no living creatures in it, neither people nor animals, and it would be like a desert forever.'
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Seraiah, when you finish reading this book to the people, then tie it to a rock and throw it into the Euphrates River
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and say, 'This is what will happen to Babylonia---it will sink and never rise again because of the destruction that the LORD is going to bring on it.' " The words of Jeremiah end here.
Isaiah 13:19
Babylonia is the most beautiful kingdom of all; it is the pride of its people. But I, the LORD, will overthrow Babylon as I did Sodom and Gomorrah!
Isaiah 14:23
I will turn Babylon into a marsh, and owls will live there. I will sweep Babylon with a broom that will sweep everything away. I, the LORD Almighty, have spoken."
Isaiah 15:6
Nimrim Brook is dry, the grass beside it has withered, and nothing green is left.
Isaiah 20:1-6
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Under the orders of Emperor Sargon of Assyria, the commander-in-chief of the Assyrian army attacked the Philistine city of Ashdod.
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Three years earlier the LORD had told Isaiah son of Amoz to take off his sandals and the sackcloth he was wearing. He obeyed and went around naked and barefoot.
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When Ashdod was captured, the LORD said, "My servant Isaiah has been going around naked and barefoot for three years. This is a sign of what will happen to Egypt and Ethiopia.
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The emperor of Assyria will lead away naked the prisoners he captures from those two countries. Young and old, they will walk barefoot and naked, with their buttocks exposed, bringing shame on Egypt.
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Those who have put their trust in Ethiopia and have boasted about Egypt will be disillusioned, their hopes shattered.
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When that time comes, the people who live along the coast of Philistia will say, 'Look at what has happened to the people we relied on to protect us from the emperor of Assyria! How will we ever survive?' "
Isaiah 47:1
The LORD says, "Babylon, come down from your throne, and sit in the dust on the ground. You were once like a virgin, a city unconquered, but you are soft and delicate no longer! You are now a slave!
Ezekiel 35:9
I will make you desolate forever, and no one will live in your cities again. Then you will know that I am the LORD.