Zechariah 5:11

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Summary

And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

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The land

Daniel 1:2

Bible References

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then he will inflict extraordinary plagues on you and your children great and lasting plagues and severe and lasting illnesses.

So he sent a message to us in Babylon: "The exile will be long, so build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce.'"'"

Likewise, the people of Israel will dwell a long time without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without sacred pillars, and with neither ephod nor teraphim.

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the unbelievers until the times of the unbelievers are fulfilled."

The land

His kingdom began in the region of Shinar with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.

As people migrated westward, they came across a plain in the region of Shinar and settled there.

At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar, Arioch was king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer was king of Elam, and Tidal was king of the Goiim,

At that time, the LORD will reach out his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Within a week, the Lord handed King Jehoiakim of Judah over to him, along with valuable objects from the house of God. Nebuchadnezzar brought them to the temple of his god in the land of Shinar and stored them in its treasure house.