Babylon in the Bible

Meaning: confusion; mixturepar

Exact Match

Therefore all the generations from Abraham to David [are] fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon [are] fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ [are] fourteen generations.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToGenerationsThe Number FourteenFourteenExile Of Judah To BabylonChrist's OriginNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birth

And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality with her, and indulged in luxurious living with her, will cry and mourn over her when they see the smoke of her burning [i.e., the city of Babylon. See verse 2].

Verse ConceptsSmokeBurning CitiesThey Committed Immorality

"The [late summer] fruit that you [i.e., the people of Babylon] longed for is gone from you, and all of your luxurious and glamorous things have vanished from you, never to be found again.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Attitudes ToTreasureBeing UnsatisfiedThings Passing Away

The store owners who sold these things and were made wealthy from her [i.e., from the prosperous trade with Babylon] will stand far away, out of fear over her [See verse 10], crying and mourning,

Verse ConceptsStanding At A DistanceFear Of Other Thingsdistance

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Your sister-church in Babylon, chosen along with you, and Mark my son, wish to be remembered to you.


Then a second angel followed, saying: "She has fallen! Mighty Babylon has fallen, who made all the nations drink the wine of vengeance due her immorality!"

The great city was broken into three parts; the cities of the heathen fell, and God remembered to give mighty Babylon the cup of the wine of His raging wrath,

On her forehead was written a name with a symbolical meaning, "Mighty Babylon, the mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations."

He shouted with a mighty voice: "She has fallen! Mighty Babylon has fallen! She has become a den for demons, a dungeon for every foul spirit and every unclean and loathsome bird,










































So he left the country of the Chaldeans and for a time made his home in Haran. Then after the death of his father, God had him move to this country in which you now live.













The great city was broken into three parts; the cities of the heathen fell, and God remembered to give mighty Babylon the cup of the wine of His raging wrath,

On her forehead was written a name with a symbolical meaning, "Mighty Babylon, the mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations."

























































































Then a second angel followed, saying: "She has fallen! Mighty Babylon has fallen, who made all the nations drink the wine of vengeance due her immorality!"

The great city was broken into three parts; the cities of the heathen fell, and God remembered to give mighty Babylon the cup of the wine of His raging wrath,













































































Your sister-church in Babylon, chosen along with you, and Mark my son, wish to be remembered to you.



































Your sister-church in Babylon, chosen along with you, and Mark my son, wish to be remembered to you.






He answered: "Listen, brothers and fathers. The glorious God appeared to our forefather Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia before he ever made his home in Haran,



Your sister-church in Babylon, chosen along with you, and Mark my son, wish to be remembered to you.