Thematic Bible: Remarkable for
Thematic Bible
Babylon » Remarkable for » Wealth
and against all the foreigners among them,
and they will be like women.
A sword is against her treasuries,
and they will be plundered.
rich in treasures,
your end has come,
your life thread is cut.
Babylon » Remarkable for » Military power
is cut down and smashed!
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!
Babylon » Remarkable for » National greatness
the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,
will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.
the praise
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!
Babylon » Remarkable for » Wisdom of senators
you said, ‘No one sees me.’
Your wisdom and knowledge
led you astray.
You said to yourself,
‘I exist, and there is no one else.’
this is the Lord’s declaration—
against those who live in Babylon,
against her officials, and against her sages.
Babylon » Remarkable for » Antiquity
from far away against you,
house of Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
It is an established nation,
an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know
and whose speech you do not understand.
Babylon » Remarkable for » Naval power
This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says:
Because of you, I will send to Babylon
and bring all of them as fugitives,
even the Chaldeans in the ships in which they rejoice.
and bring all of them as fugitives,
even the Chaldeans
Babylon » Remarkable for » Commerce
brought it to the land of merchants,
and set it in a city of traders.
Babylon » Remarkable for » Manufacture of garments
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, 200 silver shekels, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the money under the cloak.”