Quotes About Babylon

The name of Nebuchadnezzar is used by Jeremiah in Chapter 50 (50:17) and in Chapter 51 (51:34). The use of the name might cause some to initially think Jeremiah's use of the ancient name in these two end times chapters may mean they are really about the Babylon in the future. Like a good mystery, though, both references to Nebuchadnezzar are included in statements about how Israel had been attacked in the past. Historically true.

neither verse says the prophecies in Chapters 50 and 51 are about ancient Babylon. On the contrary, a close study of the 99 verses confirms they are for the future end days. Jeremiah 50:40, for example, states that the Daughter of Babylon will be destroyed "as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah." That type of dramatic destruction never happened to ancient Babylon, but it will happen to the Daughter of Babylon.

The NIV version of Daniel 10:14, translates achariyth as the "future," not the 'least.' Translating acariyth as 'least' is not only contrary to other interpretations of achariyth, it is also inconsistent with the other Daughter of Babylon verses, which tell us that the nation is the world's preeminent superpower, not the 'least' nation.

IDENTITY CLUE 4: A NATION OF WEALTH AND LUXURY Besides the foregoing prophecies which reveal the Daughter of Babylon will be a nation of great wealth, these verses further address the issue of great national wealth: "…because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass…" (Jeremiah 50:12(b)). "…a sword is upon her treasures…" (Jeremiah 50:37(b)) "You who…are rich in treasures…" (Jeremiah 51:13(a)).

Therefore, arguing that a modern day Daughter of Babylon arising again in Iraq will be destroyed because ancient Babylon conquered Jerusalem over 2,600 years ago, ignores the fact that God tells us in His inspired Word that He has already punished ancient Babylon for what it did to Israel.

IDENTITY CLUE 6: YOU WHO LIVE ON MANY WATERS Jeremiah 51:13 provides another critical clue of the identity of the Daughter of Babylon: "You who live by many waters and are rich in treasures, your end has come, the time for you to be cut off." Ancient Babylon, a quick review of a map will confirm, did not live by many waters, just the River Euphrates.

roots of historical Babylon are given to us in Genesis 10 where we learn that one of Noah's sons, Ham, had a son, Cush, who bore a son named Nimrod. Nimrod, who was the founder of the kingdom of Babylon, is described in scripture as evil, his name meaning 'rebel against God.

Jeremiah has given us a major identity clue when he tells us that the Daughter of Babylon is a melting pot of "mingled" people. This clue wouldn't apply to Ancient Babylon nor to a global Church denomination, even if it has members in many nations. The word Jeremiah used is translated as "mingled", which doesn't apply to scattered persons in many nations.

Jeremiah 51:13 provides another critical clue of the identity of the Daughter of Babylon: "You who live by many waters and are rich in treasures, your end has come, the time for you to be cut off." Ancient Babylon, a quick review of a map will confirm, did not live by many waters, just the River Euphrates.

It is not unreasonable to assume that the amount of blood shed will be tied to the numbers of the innocent unborn who were aborted in and allowed by the Daughter of Babylon.

As we have seen from scripture, once Israel is at peace, Russia, Iran and their Muslim allies, will try to wipe out Israel, but God will miraculously intervene, with no help from Israel's military treaty partner, the Daughter of Babylon. The invaders will be destroyed, with destruction back in the homelands of Russia and Iran. Israel, though bloodied, will still stand (Ezekiel 38 and 39). So much for the first peace treaty.

Isaiah and the writer of Psalm 137 also state how God will view the betrayal of Israel: "O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us" (Psalm 137:8) "A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused." (Isaiah 21:2) "I will take vengeance; I will spare no one." (Isaiah 47:3)

in describing the "virgin Daughter of Babylon wrote: Keep on, then, with your magic spells and with your many sorceries, which you have labored at since childhood…Let your astrologers come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month, let them save you from what is coming upon you." (Isaiah 47:12-13)

Errant Israelites actually called on their idols to do what only God can do. How do the Daughter of Babylon's idols, and her idol worshippers, end up? "Therefore behold, days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon; and her whole land will be put to shame, and all her slain will fall in her midst." (Jeremiah 51:47)

application of the name of Babylon to America as Babylon's Daughter is appropriate. Nimrod was the founder of Babylon and of the black arts. "Nimrod had his people build a number of ziggurats (temple-towers) for religious purposes. These were claimed to be staircases from earth to heaven, and were used for satanic worship and occultic initiation. The

IDENTITY CLUE 10: THE DAUGHTER OF BABYLON MOUNTS UP TO HEAVENS "Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD." (Jeremiah 51:53) This is a fascinating verse, in that it was written over 2,600 years before man perfected flight and could rise up to the heavens.

IDENTITY CLUE 11: WHERE THE NATIONS GATHER "…and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him" (Jeremiah 51:44c – KJV) "…and the nations will no longer stream to him" (Jeremiah 51:44c – NAS) In either translation, the identity clue verse says that before the fall of the Daughter of Babylon the nations of the world "flow together", "stream to" this end times nation.

Seven hundred years before John wrote these words about the Daughter of Babylon the prophet Isaiah wrote: "You said, 'I will continue forever–the eternal queen! But you did not consider these things or reflect on what might happen." (Isaiah 47:7) "Sit in silence, go into darkness, Daughter of the Babylonians; no more will you be called the queen of kingdoms." (Isaiah 47:5)

The Daughter of Babylon verses prophesy a destroyed nation with an impotent military (Jeremiah 50:23; 30; 36; 51:3), unable to act after its massive national destruction.

The warning to flee the Daughter of Babylon couldn't be any plainer than Zechariah's words. God, likewise, in Isaiah 48:20, warns the Jewish residents of the Daughter of Babylon to flee: "Leave Babylon, flee from the Babylonians! Announce this with shouts of joy and proclaim it. Send it out to the ends of the earth; say, 'The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob'.

IDENTITY CLUE 15: THE KINGS OF THE MEDES WON'T DESTROY THEMSELVES Jeremiah gives us a significant clue as to the source of the devastating disaster that will come upon the Daughter of Babylon: "The LORD has stirred up the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is to destroy Babylon." (Jeremiah 51:11b). The Bible includes references to the Medes and the Persians (Daniel 5:28 and Esther 1:19).

In the 6th century B.C., the Median kingdom included what is now Iran, Turkey, Iraq and surrounding areas. The Medo-Persian empire, a powerful dual empire, lasted until its conquest by Alexander the Great in 330 B.C. The area, for centuries, has been populated by Muslims. When God removes His protection from the Daughter of Babylon, He will stir up the kings of the Medes to destroy the Daughter of Babylon. Those persons would be from the area that today includes Iran and Iraq.

Clearly, He tells His own, Christians and Jews, to flee from the rich, powerful nation he calls the Daughter of Babylon, in order to preserve their lives from the coming destruction that the nation will have invited upon itself.

Therefore, arguing that a modern day Daughter of Babylon arising again in Iraq will be destroyed because ancient Babylon conquered Jerusalem over 2,600 years ago, ignores the fact that God tells us in His inspired Word that He has already punished ancient Babylon for what it did to Israel. Thus, the argument that the Daughter of Babylon will fall because of what ancient Babylon did to Judah won't wash. The Daughter of Babylon will fall because of what the Daughter of Babylon does.