At first his kingdom included Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all three of them in Babylonia.

The city was called Babylon, because there the LORD mixed up the language of all the people, and from there he scattered them all over the earth.

"Now then, Oholibah, this is what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying to you. You are tired of those lovers, but I will make them angry with you and bring them to surround you.

This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "I will hand you over to people you hate and are disgusted with.

Because of this I will bring all your former lovers together---the ones you liked and the ones you hated. I will bring them around you in a circle, and then I will strip off your clothes and let them see you naked.

Then Amnon was filled with a deep hatred for her; he hated her now even more than he had loved her before. He said to her, "Get out!"