How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after al
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom an
How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy?
In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babyl
Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.
How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my po
you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your do
you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ende
Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done su
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.