- Babylon:
- "And Babylon,ª the gloryª of kingdoms,ª the beautyª of the Chaldees'ª excellency,ª shall be¹ as when Godª overthrewª¹ Sodomª and Gomorrah.ª" {Isa 13:19} + "That thou shalt take upª° this¹ proverbª against¹ the kingª of Babylon,ª and say,ª° How¹ hath the oppressorª° ceased!ª° the golden cityª ceased!ª°" {Isa 14:4} + "Declareª° ye among the nations,ª and publish,ª° and set upª° a standard;ª publish,ª° [and] concealª° not:¹ say,ª° Babylonª is taken,ª° Belª is confounded,ª° Merodachª is broken in pieces;²°¹ her idolsª are confounded,ª° her imagesª are broken in pieces.ª°" {Jer 50:2} + "Babylonª is suddenlyª fallenª° and destroyed:ª° howlª° for¹ her; takeª° balmª for her pain,ª if so be¹ she may be healed.ª°" {Jer 51:8} + "And thou shalt say,ª° Thus¹ shall Babylonª sink,ª° and shall not¹ riseª° fromª¹ the evilª that¹ I¹ will bringª° upon¹ her: and they shall be weary.ª° Thus¹ far¹ [are] the wordsª of Jeremiah.ª" {Jer 51:64} + "Andª there followedª° anotherª angel,ª saying,ª° Babylonª is fallen,ª° is fallen,ª° that greatª city,ª becauseª she made²° all² nations² drinkª°¹ ofª the¹ wineª of the¹ wrathª of her²¹ fornication.ª" {Rev 14:8} + "Andª he criedª° mightilyª¹ with² a strongª voice,ª saying,ª° Babylonª the¹ greatª is fallen,ª° is fallen,ª° andª is becomeª° the habitationª of devils,ª andª the holdª of everyª foulª spirit,ª andª a cageª of everyª uncleanª andª hatefulª° bird.ª" {Rev 18:2} + "Andª aª mightyª angelª took upª° a stoneª likeª a greatª millstone,ª andª castª° [it] intoª the¹ sea,ª saying,ª° Thusª with violenceª shall²° that greatª cityª Babylonª be thrown down,ª° andª shall be foundª° no more² at all.ª¹" {Rev 18:21}
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