The Heb. Kasdim is generaliy rendered 'Chaldees' (Ge 11:28), and in Jer 50:10; 51:24; 24:5; 25:12, and often, is used for 'Babylonian.' The word is derived from the Babylonian name Kald
Haran died during his father's lifetime in the land of his birth, that is, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
"This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "Like these good figs, so I'll regard as good the exiles of Judah whom I sent from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
"Then when the seventy years have passed, I'll judge the king of Babylon and that nation, declares the LORD, I'll judge the land of the Chaldeans for their iniquity and I'll make it a desolation forever.
The Chaldeans will become plunder, and all who plunder them will get more than enough," declares the LORD.
"Before your eyes I'll repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all the evil that they did in Zion," declares the LORD.
They were to be young men without physical defect, handsome in appearance, skilled in all wisdom, quick to learn, prudent in how they used knowledge, and capable of serving in the king's palace. They were to learn the literature and language of the Chaldeans.
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