55 Bible Verses about Babylon

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Revelation 18:3

for all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her vice, the kings of the earth have committed vice with her, and by the wealth of her wantonness earth's traders have grown rich."

Revelation 17:18

As for the woman you have seen, she is the great City which reigns over the kings of the earth."

Revelation 18:2

and he shouted aloud with a strong voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, now she is a haunt of demons, the den of all foul spirits, a cage for every foul and loathsome bird:

Revelation 19:15

A sharp sword issues from his lips, wherewith to smite the nations; he will shepherd them with an iron flail, and trample the winepress of the passion of the anger of God almighty.

Revelation 17:5

and on her forehead a name was written by way of symbol, "Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and of all abominations on earth."

Revelation 19:10

Then I fell before his feet to worship him; but he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a servant like yourself and your brothers, who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God" (for the testimony borne by Jesus is the breath of all prophecy).

Revelation 19:1

After that I heard what was like the shout of a great host in heaven, crying, "Hallelujah! salvation and glory and power are our God's!

Revelation 19:12

His eyes are a flame of fire, on his head are many diadems, he bears a written name which none knows but himself.

Revelation 17:1

Then came one of the seven angels with the seven plagues and spoke to me, saying, "Come and I will show you the doom of the great Harlot who is seated on many waters,

Revelation 18:13

with cinnamon, balsam, spices, myrrh, frankincense, wines, olive-oil, fine flour and wheat, with cattle, sheep, horses, carriages, slaves, and the souls of men.

Revelation 18:8

so shall her plagues fall in a single day, pestilence, tears, and famine: she shall be burnt with fire ??for strong is God the Lord her judge.

Revelation 18:7

As she gloried and played the wanton, so give her like measure of torture and tears. Since in her heart she vaunts, 'A queen I sit, no widow I, tears I shall never know,'

Revelation 18:24

And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, of all who were slain upon earth."

Revelation 19:2

True and just are his sentences of doom; he has doomed the great Harlot who destroyed earth with her vice, he has avenged on her the blood of his servants."

Revelation 17:1-18

Then came one of the seven angels with the seven plagues and spoke to me, saying, "Come and I will show you the doom of the great Harlot who is seated on many waters, with whom the kings of earth have committed vice, and the dwellers on earth have been drunk with the wine of her vice." So he bore me away rapt in the Spirit to the desert, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet Beast covered with blasphemous titles; it had seven heads and ten horns.read more.
The woman was clad in purple and scarlet, her ornaments were of gold and precious stones and pearls, in her hand was a golden cup full of all abominations and the impurities of her vice, and on her forehead a name was written by way of symbol, "Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and of all abominations on earth." Then I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and as I looked at her I marvelled greatly. But the angel said to me, "Why marvel? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman, and of the Beast with the seven heads and the ten horns who carries her. The Beast you have seen was, is not, but is to rise from the abyss ??yet to perdition he shall go ??and the dwellers on earth will wonder (all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of Life), when they see that the Beast was, is not, but is coming. Now for the interpretation of the discerning mind! The seven heads are seven hills, on which the woman is seated: also, they are seven kings, of whom five have fallen, one is living, and the other has not arrived yet ??and when he does arrive, he can only stay a little while. As for the Beast which was and is not, he is an eighth head: he belongs to the seven, and to perdition he shall go. As for the ten horns you have seen, they are ten kings who have no royal power as yet, but receive royal authority for an hour along with the Beast; they are of one mind, and they confer their power and authority upon the Beast. They will wage war on the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings ??the Lamb and the elect, the chosen, the faithful who are with him." He also told me, "The waters you saw, on which the woman is seated, are peoples and hosts, nations and tongues. As for the ten horns you have seen, they and the Beast will hate the harlot, lay her waste, and strip her naked; they will devour her flesh and burn her with fire, for God has put it into their hearts to execute his purpose, by having one mind and by conferring their royal power upon the Beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. As for the woman you have seen, she is the great City which reigns over the kings of the earth."

Revelation 18:10

for fear of her torture they will stand far off, crying, 'Woe and alas, thou great city! thou strong city of Babylon! In one brief hour thy doom has come.'

Revelation 11:8

and their corpses will lie in the streets of that great City whose mystical name is Sodom and Egypt ??where their Lord also was crucified.

Revelation 17:9

Now for the interpretation of the discerning mind! The seven heads are seven hills, on which the woman is seated:

Revelation 18:22

& 23] Vanished the ripe fruit of thy soul's desire! Perished thy luxury and splendour! Never again to be seen.

Revelation 18:4

And I heard another voice from heaven crying, "Come out of her, O my people, that you share not her sins, that you partake not of her plagues:

Revelation 18:17-18

And all this splendour gone in one brief hour!' And all shipmasters and sea-faring folk, sailors and all whose business lies upon the sea, stood far off as they watched the smoke of her burning, crying, 'What city was like the great City?'

Revelation 19:3

Again they repeated, "Hallelujah! And the smoke of her goes up for ever and ever!"

Revelation 19:5

And a voice came from the throne, "Extol our God, all ye his servants, ye who reverence him, low and high!"

1 Peter 5:13

Your sister-church in Babylon, elect like yourselves, salutes you. So does my son Mark.

Revelation 17:2

with whom the kings of earth have committed vice, and the dwellers on earth have been drunk with the wine of her vice."

Revelation 18:5

for high as heaven her sins are heaped, and God calls her misdeeds to the reckoning.

Revelation 18:12

freights of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purples, silk, scarlet stuff, all sorts of citron wood and ivory wares, all articles of costly wood, of bronze, of iron and of marble,

Revelation 18:17-19

And all this splendour gone in one brief hour!' And all shipmasters and sea-faring folk, sailors and all whose business lies upon the sea, stood far off as they watched the smoke of her burning, crying, 'What city was like the great City?' They threw dust on their heads and cried, as they wept and wailed, 'Woe and alas for the great City, where all shipmen made rich profit by her treasures! Gone, gone in one brief hour!'

Revelation 18:11

And the traders of earth shall weep and wail over her; for now there is none to buy their freights,

Revelation 17:3-6

So he bore me away rapt in the Spirit to the desert, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet Beast covered with blasphemous titles; it had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was clad in purple and scarlet, her ornaments were of gold and precious stones and pearls, in her hand was a golden cup full of all abominations and the impurities of her vice, and on her forehead a name was written by way of symbol, "Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and of all abominations on earth."read more.
Then I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and as I looked at her I marvelled greatly.

Revelation 18:1-24

After that I saw another angel descend from heaven, great in might; his radiance lit up the earth, and he shouted aloud with a strong voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, now she is a haunt of demons, the den of all foul spirits, a cage for every foul and loathsome bird: for all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her vice, the kings of the earth have committed vice with her, and by the wealth of her wantonness earth's traders have grown rich."read more.
And I heard another voice from heaven crying, "Come out of her, O my people, that you share not her sins, that you partake not of her plagues: for high as heaven her sins are heaped, and God calls her misdeeds to the reckoning. Render to her what she rendered to others, aye, double the doom for all she has done; mix her the draught double in the cup she mixed for others. As she gloried and played the wanton, so give her like measure of torture and tears. Since in her heart she vaunts, 'A queen I sit, no widow I, tears I shall never know,' so shall her plagues fall in a single day, pestilence, tears, and famine: she shall be burnt with fire ??for strong is God the Lord her judge. And the kings at the earth who committed vice and wantoned with her shall weep and wail over her, as they watch the smoke of her burning; for fear of her torture they will stand far off, crying, 'Woe and alas, thou great city! thou strong city of Babylon! In one brief hour thy doom has come.' And the traders of earth shall weep and wail over her; for now there is none to buy their freights, freights of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purples, silk, scarlet stuff, all sorts of citron wood and ivory wares, all articles of costly wood, of bronze, of iron and of marble, with cinnamon, balsam, spices, myrrh, frankincense, wines, olive-oil, fine flour and wheat, with cattle, sheep, horses, carriages, slaves, and the souls of men. [Relocated to between vss The traders in these wares, who made rich profits from her, will stand far off for fear of her torture, weeping and wailing: 'Woe and alas, for the great city, robed in linen, in purple and scarlet, her ornaments of gold, of jewels and pearl! And all this splendour gone in one brief hour!' And all shipmasters and sea-faring folk, sailors and all whose business lies upon the sea, stood far off as they watched the smoke of her burning, crying, 'What city was like the great City?' They threw dust on their heads and cried, as they wept and wailed, 'Woe and alas for the great City, where all shipmen made rich profit by her treasures! Gone, gone in one brief hour!' O heaven, rejoice over her! Saints, apostles, prophets, rejoice! For God has avenged you on her now." Then a strong angel lifted a boulder like a huge millstone and flung it into the sea, crying, "So shall the great city, Babylon, be hurled down, hurtling, and never be seen any more: & 23] Vanished the ripe fruit of thy soul's desire! Perished thy luxury and splendour! Never again to be seen. For the magnates of earth were thy traders; all nations were seduced by thy magic spells. And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, of all who were slain upon earth."

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Azariah » A captive » Returned from » Babylon

Babylon » Predictions respecting » Restoration of the jews from

Babylon » Predictions respecting » Conquests by

Babylon » Predictions respecting » Destruction of

Babylon » General references to

More verses: 1 Peter 5:13

Babylon » The great

Revelation 17:5

and on her forehead a name was written by way of symbol, "Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and of all abominations on earth."

Revelation 18:2

and he shouted aloud with a strong voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, now she is a haunt of demons, the den of all foul spirits, a cage for every foul and loathsome bird:

Babylon » Nebuchadnezzar king of » Took zedekiah, &c captive to babylon

Babylon » Predictions respecting » Captivity of the jews by

Babylon » As a power, was » Cruel and destructive

Babylon » Empire of » Jews carried to

Babylon » Nebuchadnezzar king of » Spoiled and burned the temple

Babylon » Nebuchadnezzar king of » Took jehoiachin, &c captive to babylon

Babylon » Empire of » Prophetic denunciations against

Babylon » Empire of » Called land of shinar

More verses: Daniel 1:2 Zechariah 5:11

Babylon » Empire of » Divisions

Acts 7:4

Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and stayed in Haran. From Haran God shifted him, after his father's death, to this land which you now inhabit.

Babylon » City of » Capital of the kingdom of babylon

More verses: 2 Chronicles 36:18

Babylon » A type of antiChrist

Revelation 17:5

and on her forehead a name was written by way of symbol, "Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and of all abominations on earth."

Babylon » Restoration of the jews from

Babylon » Predictions respecting » Perpetual desolation of

Babylon » The jews exhorted to be subject to, and settle in

Babylon » Babylon the capital of » Surrounded with a great wall and fortified

Babylon » Remarkable for » Wealth

Babylon » Was called » Sheshach

Babylon » Treatment of the jews in

Babylon » Remarkable for » Military power

Babylon » Was called » Land of merathaim

Babylon » Empire of » Colonists from, sent to samaria

Babylon » Empire of » Government of » A limited monarchy

Babylon » Remarkable for » National greatness

Babylon » Remarkable for » Wisdom of senators

Babylon » Inhabitants of » Addicted to magic

Babylon » Situated beyond the euphrates

Babylon » Represented by » A head of gold

Babylon » Inhabitants of » Idolatrous

Babylon » Founded by the assyrians, and a part of their empire

Babylon » Watered by the rivers euphrates and tigris

Babylon » Origin of

Babylon » Babylon the capital of » Its antiquity

Babylon » As a power, was » An instrument of God's vengeance on other nations

Babylon » Was called » Land of shinar

Babylon » Governed by kings

Babylon » As a power, was » Grand and stately

Babylon » Was called » Desert of the sea

Babylon » Composed of many nations

Babylon » Presidents placed over

Babylon » Figurative

Babylon » Languages spoken in

Babylon » City of » Gates of

Babylon » Empire of » Extent of, at the time of nebuchadnezzar

Babylon » Empire of » At the time of ahasuerus

Babylon » Nebuchadnezzar king of » Besieged jerusalem

Babylon » Empire of » Sheshach

Babylon » Nebuchadnezzar king of » Burned jerusalem, &c

Babylon » As a power, was » Arrogant

Babylon » Empire of » Tyrannical

Babylon » Nebuchadnezzar king of » Besieged and took jerusalem

Babylon » As a power, was » Covetous

Babylon » City of » In the land of shinar

Babylon » Destroyed by the medes

Babylon » Origin of the name

Babylon » Armies of, described

Babylon » Nebuchadnezzar king of » Rebelled against by zedekiah

Babylon » Nebuchadnezzar king of » Spoiled the temple

Babylon » Nebuchadnezzar king of » Made zedekiah king

Babylon » As a power, was » Secure and self-confident

Babylon » Remarkable for » Antiquity

Babylon » Was called » Land of the chaldeans

Babylon » Ambassadors of, sent to hezekiah

Babylon » Grief of the jews in

Babylon » Babylon the capital of » Called beauty of chaldees, &c

Babylon » Babylon the capital of » Called the city of merchants

Babylon » Babylon the capital of » Called the glory of kingdoms

Babylon » Nebuchadnezzar king of » Made jehoiakim tributary

Babylon » Inhabitants of » Profane and sacrilegious

Babylon » Represented by » A great eagle

Babylon » Remarkable for » Naval power

Babylon » Remarkable for » Commerce

Babylon » Inhabitants of » Wicked

Babylon » City of » Walled

Babylon » The gospel preached in

1 Peter 5:13

Your sister-church in Babylon, elect like yourselves, salutes you. So does my son Mark.

Babylon » Babylon the capital of » Enlarged by nebuchadnezzar

Babylon » Babylon the capital of » Called babylon the great

Babylon » Babylon the capital of » Called the golden city

Babylon » Remarkable for » Manufacture of garments

Babylon » As a power, was » Oppressive

Babylon » Was called » Lady of kingdoms

Babylon » Empire of » Samaria

Babylon » Empire of » Judah

Babylon » Predictions respecting » Preaching of the gospel in

Babylon » Represented by » A lion with eagle's wings

Babylon » With media and persia divided by darius into one hundred and twenty provinces

Babylon » Revolt of the jews from, and their punishment illustrated

Babylon » Babylon the chief province of

Babylon » Empire of » Merathaim

Babylon » City of » Tower of

Babylon » Empire of » Conquest of egypt by

Babylon » Empire of » Founded by nimrod

Babylon » City of » Peter writes from

1 Peter 5:13

Your sister-church in Babylon, elect like yourselves, salutes you. So does my son Mark.

Babylon » City of » Built by nimrod

Babylon » City of » Splendor of

Babylon » Formerly a part of mesopotamia

Acts 7:2

"Listen, brothers and fathers," said Stephen. "The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before ever he stayed in Haran,

Babylon » Empire of » Armies of, invade ancient canaan

Church » List of congregations of Christians » Babylon

1 Peter 5:13

Your sister-church in Babylon, elect like yourselves, salutes you. So does my son Mark.

Ebed » A captive » Returned from » Babylon

Israel » Jehoiachin » Babylon » Invation » Captivity

Jericho » A city » Inhabitants » Taken captive » Babylon

Rehum » A captive » Returned from » Babylon

Shadrach » Hebrew captive » Babylon

Sin » Instances of » Babylon

Tobijah » A captive » Babylon

Topics on Babylon

Babylon, In Nt

Acts 7:43

No, it was the tent of Moloch and the star-symbol of Rephan your god that you carried, figures that you manufactured for worship. So now I will transport you beyond Babylon!

Babylon, Israel Exiled To

Matthew 1:11

and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the period of the Babylonian captivity.

Destruction Of Babylon

Revelation 11:13

At that hour a great earthquake took place, a tenth of the City was destroyed, and seven thousand souls perished in the earthquake: the rest were awestruck, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Exile Of Judah To Babylon

Matthew 1:11

and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the period of the Babylonian captivity.

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