Discovery Box| (0.47) | Neh 13:6 |
| During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, 1 for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time 2 I had requested leave of the king, |
| (0.47) | Isa 39:3 |
| Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say? Where do they come from?” Hezekiah replied, “They come from the distant land of Babylon.” |
| (0.47) | Isa 39:6 |
| ‘Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors 1 have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord. |
| (0.47) | Isa 47:1 |
| “Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin 1 daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, 2 you will no longer be called delicate and pampered. |
| (0.47) | Jer 20:5 |
| I will hand over all the wealth of this city to their enemies. I will hand over to them all the fruits of the labor of the people of this city and all their prized possessions, as well as all the treasures of the kings of Judah. Their enemies will seize it all as plunder 1 and carry it off to Babylon. |
| (0.47) | Jer 20:6 |
| You, Pashhur, and all your household 1 will go into exile in Babylon. You will die there and you will be buried there. The same thing will happen to all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.’” 2 |
| (0.47) | Jer 21:2 |
| “Please ask the Lord to come and help us, 1 because King Nebuchadnezzar 2 of Babylon is attacking us. Maybe the Lord will perform one of his miracles as in times past and make him stop attacking us and leave.” 3 |
| (0.47) | Jer 25:1 |
| In the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah 1 concerning all the people of Judah. (That was the same as the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.) 2 |
| (0.47) | Jer 25:12 |
| “‘But when the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation 1 for their sins. I will make the land of Babylon 2 an everlasting ruin. 3 I, the Lord, affirm it! 4 |
| (0.47) | Jer 27:6 |
| I have at this time placed all these nations of yours under the power 1 of my servant, 2 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made all the wild animals subject to him. 3 |
| (0.47) | Jer 27:9 |
| So do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim to predict the future by divination, 1 by dreams, by consulting the dead, 2 or by practicing magic. They keep telling you, ‘You do not need to be 3 subject to the king of Babylon.’ |
| (0.47) | Jer 27:12 |
| I told King Zedekiah of Judah the same thing. I said, 1 “Submit 2 to the yoke of servitude to 3 the king of Babylon. Be subject to him and his people. Then you will continue to live. |
| (0.47) | Jer 27:18 |
| I also told them, 1 “If they are really prophets and the Lord is speaking to them, 2 let them pray earnestly to the Lord who rules over all. 3 Let them plead with him not to let the valuable articles that are still left in the Lord’s temple, in the royal palace, and in Jerusalem be taken away 4 to Babylon. |
| (0.47) | Jer 28:6 |
| The prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do all this! May the Lord make your prophecy come true! May he bring back to this place from Babylon all the valuable articles taken from the Lord’s temple and the people who were carried into exile. |
| (0.47) | Jer 28:11 |
| Then he spoke up in the presence of all the people. “The Lord says, ‘In the same way I will break the yoke of servitude of all the nations to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon 1 before two years are over.’” After he heard this, the prophet Jeremiah departed and went on his way. 2 |
| (0.47) | Jer 28:14 |
| For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all 1 says, “I have put an irresistible yoke of servitude on all these nations 2 so they will serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. And they will indeed serve him. I have even given him control over the wild animals.”’” 3 |
| (0.47) | Jer 29:1 |
| The prophet Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from Jerusalem 1 to Babylon. It was addressed to the elders who were left among the exiles, to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the other people who were exiled in Babylon. 2 |
| (0.47) | Jer 29:10 |
| “For the Lord says, ‘Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule 1 are over will I again take up consideration for you. 2 Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore 3 you to your homeland. 4 |
| (0.47) | Jer 29:21 |
| “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all 1 also has something to say about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies to you and claiming my authority to do so. 2 ‘I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and he will execute them before your very eyes. |
| (0.47) | Jer 32:3 |
| For King Zedekiah 1 had confined Jeremiah there after he had reproved him for prophesying as he did. He had asked Jeremiah, “Why do you keep prophesying these things? Why do you keep saying that the Lord says, ‘I will hand this city over to the king of Babylon? I will let him capture it. 2 |
