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διοτι ο εξολοθρευτης ηλθεν επ' αυτην, επι την Βαβυλωνα, και οι δυνατοι αυτης συνεληφθησαν, τα τοξα αυτων συνετριβησαν· επειδη Κυριος ο Θεος των ανταποδοσεων θελει εξαπαντος καμει ανταποδοσιν.
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διοτι ο εξολοθρευτης ηλθεν επ' αυτην, επι την Βαβυλωνα, και οι δυνατοι αυτης συνεληφθησαν, τα τοξα αυτων συνετριβησαν· επειδη Κυριος ο Θεος των ανταποδοσεων θελει εξαπαντος καμει ανταποδοσιν.
Napsal(a) Jonathan S. Rose
Title: What Is So Bad about Babylon
Topic: Salvation
Summary: Babylon is singled out in the Bible for particularly strong condemnation, even hundreds of years after the literal Babylon was defunct. Why? What does it mean? (For the missing last ten minutes, see part 2.)
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
Genesis 11:1-end
Isaiah 13; 14
Jeremiah 50
Isaiah 13:1-19; 14:4, 12-13; 21:9
Jeremiah 50:1-6, 26-27, 29, 31, 36-37, 40, 44; 51:7, 25, 39, 45
Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17:3-4, 14-18; 18:2, 7, 15
Daniel 3:1, 5
Matthew 4:8-10
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A sword is on the boasters, and they shall become fools; a sword is on her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed.
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A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they shall be robbed.