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Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the
graven images of
Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will
punish the idols of
Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.
Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will
shout for joy over
Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her,” declares the LORD.
As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
Though
Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should
fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
Even if
Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty
stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her,” declares the LORD.
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
“The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!
Because the LORD hath
spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do
roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
For the LORD will destroy
Babylon; He will silence her mighty voice. The waves will
roar like great waters; the
tumult of their voices will resound.
Because the
spoiler is come upon her, even upon
Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
For a destroyer is coming against her— against
Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of
retribution; He will repay in full.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of
Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the
folk in the fire, and they shall be
weary.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “
Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will
exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.”
The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with
Zedekiah the king of Judah into
Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the
quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to
Babylon with King
Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of
Zedekiah’s reign.
So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.
Jeremiah had written on a single
scroll about all the
disaster that would come upon
Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning
Babylon.
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you get to
Babylon, see that you read all these words
aloud,
And thou shalt say, Thus shall
Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be
weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
Then you are to say, ‘In the same way
Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the
disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow
weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that
Zedekiah rebelled against the king of
Babylon.
For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And
Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of
Babylon.
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
So in the ninth year of
Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month,
Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They
encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of
Babylon to Riblah in the land of
Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of
Babylon at Riblah in the land of
Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on
Zedekiah.
And the king of
Babylon slew the sons of
Zedekiah before his eyes: he
slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
There at Riblah the king of
Babylon slaughtered the sons of
Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.
Then he put out the eyes of
Zedekiah; and the king of
Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to
Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
Then he put out
Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze
shackles, and took him to
Babylon, where he kept him in
custody until his dying day.
Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the
nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of
Babylon, into Jerusalem,
On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the
nineteenth year of
Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over
Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of
Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away
captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of
Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of
Babylon and the rest of the
craftsmen.
Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the
brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans
brake, and carried all the brass of them to
Babylon.
Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
And the king of
Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of
Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away
captive out of his own land.
There at Riblah in the land of
Hamath, the king of
Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
And it came to pass in the seven and
thirtieth year of the captivity of
Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the
twelfth month, in the five and
twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of
Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of
Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,
On the twenty-fifth day of the
twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of
Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of
Babylon, he
pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.
And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
And he spoke kindly to
Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in
Babylon.
And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
And the king of
Babylon provided
Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.
My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my
snare: and I will bring him to
Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My
snare. I will bring him to
Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
Say now to the
rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of
Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to
Babylon;
“Now say to this
rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of
Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to
Babylon.
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he
prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
But this king rebelled against
Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he
flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he
despised, and whose covenant he
brake, even with him in the midst of
Babylon he shall die.
‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in
Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he
despised and whose covenant he broke.
And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my
snare, and I will bring him to
Babylon, and will
plead with him there for his
trespass that he hath
trespassed against me.
I will spread My net over him and catch him in My
snare. I will bring him to
Babylon and
execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
With hooks they
caged him and brought him to the king of
Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his
roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
Also, thou son of man,
appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of
Babylon may come: both
twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of
Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a
signpost where the road branches off to each city.
For the king of
Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use
divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
For the king of
Babylon stands at the
fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an
omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in
dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the
Babylonians of
Chaldea, the land of their
nativity:
wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the
Babylonians in
Chaldea, the land of their birth.
And the
Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they
defiled her with their
whoredom, and she was
polluted with them, and her mind was
alienated from them.
Then the
Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and in their
lust they
defiled her. But after she had been
defiled by them, she turned away in
disgust.
The
Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and
renowned, all of them riding upon horses.
the
Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of
renown, mounted on horses.
Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
“Son of man, write down
today’s date, for on this very day the king of
Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with
chariots, and with
horsemen, and companies, and much people.
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north
Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon, king of kings, with horses and
chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made
bald, and every shoulder was
peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
“Son of man,
Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon caused his army to labor
strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made
bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her
spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to
Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its
spoil, and remove its
plunder. This will be the wages for his army.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon.
And I will
strengthen the arms of the king of
Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall
groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
I will
strengthen the arms of
Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will
groan before him like a
mortally wounded man.
But I will
strengthen the arms of the king of
Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of
Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
I will
strengthen the arms of
Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall
limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of
Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
In the third year of the reign of
Jehoiakim king of Judah came
Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
In the third year of the reign of
Jehoiakim king of Judah,
Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
For this cause the king was
angry and very
furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of
Babylon.
This
response made the king so
furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of
Babylon.
Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to
slay the wise men of
Babylon:
When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to
execute the wise men of
Babylon, Daniel replied with
discretion and
tact.
That they would desire
mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of
Babylon.
urging them to
plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this
mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of
Babylon.
Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of
Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of
Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will
shew unto the king the interpretation.
Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of
Babylon, and said to him, “Do not
execute the wise men of
Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”
Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of
Babylon and chief
administrator over all the wise men of
Babylon.
Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set
Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of
Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed
Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego to
manage the province of
Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was
threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of
Dura, in the province of
Babylon.
King
Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of
Dura in the province of
Babylon.
There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of
Babylon,
Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
But there are some Jews you have appointed to
manage the province of
Babylon—
Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego—who have
ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
Then the king promoted
Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, in the province of
Babylon.
Then the king promoted
Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego in the province of
Babylon.
Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
So I issued a decree that all the wise men of
Babylon be brought before me to
interpret the dream for me.
At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
the king
exclaimed, “Is this not
Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
The king
cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of
Babylon,
Whosoever shall read this writing, and
shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of
Babylon, “
Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
In the first year of
Belshazzar king of
Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
In the first year of the reign of
Belshazzar over
Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.
Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of
Zion, like a woman in
travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to
Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall
redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
Writhe in
agony, O Daughter of
Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to
Babylon; there you will be
rescued; there the LORD will
redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
Deliver
thyself, O
Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of
Babylon.
“Get up, O
Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of
Babylon!”
Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from
Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of
Josiah the son of
Zephaniah;
“Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from
Babylon—and go that same day to the house of
Josiah son of
Zephaniah.
And Josias
begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to
Babylon:
and
Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to
Babylon.
And after they were brought to
Babylon, Jechonias
begat Salathiel; and Salathiel
begat Zorobabel;
After the exile to
Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of
Zerubbabel,
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the
salutation of Mary, the
babe leaped in her
womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s
greeting, the
baby leaped in her
womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
For as soon as the sound of your
greeting reached my ears, the
baby in my
womb leaped for joy.
And they came with
haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the
babe lying in a
manger.
So they
hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the
Baby, who was lying in the
manger.
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of
Moloch, and the star of your god
Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond
Babylon.
You have taken along the tabernacle of
Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond
Babylon.’
The church that is at
Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so
doth Marcus my son.
The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, as does my son Mark.
And there followed another angel, saying,
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication.
Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great
Babylon came in
remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations
collapsed. And God remembered
Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the
fury of His wrath.
And upon her
forehead was a name written,
MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
And on her
forehead a
mysterious name was written:
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
And he
cried mightily with a strong voice, saying,
Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the
habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a
cage of every unclean and
hateful bird.
And he
cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is
Babylon the great! She has become a
lair for demons and a
haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every
detestable beast.
Standing
afar off for the fear of her
torment, saying,
Alas,
alas, that great city
Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
In fear of her
torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “
Woe,
woe to the great city, the mighty city of
Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great
millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city
Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Then a mighty angel
picked up a stone the size of a great
millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of
Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.
Wherefore against him Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon came up, and bound him with a chain of brass, and carried him into Babylon.
Nabuchodonosor also took of the holy vessels of the Lord, and carried them away, and set them in his own temple at Babylon.
So after a year Nabuchodonosor sent and caused him to be brought into Babylon with the holy vessels of the Lord;
And they took all the holy vessels of the Lord, both great and small, with the vessels of the ark of God, and the king’s treasures, and carried them away into Babylon.
And as for her glorious things, they never ceased till they had consumed and brought them all to
nought: and the people that were not slain with the sword he carried unto
Babylon:
These were brought back by Sanabassar, together with them of the captivity, from Babylon to Jerusalem.
And to send away all the vessels that were taken away out of Jerusalem, which Cyrus set apart, when he
vowed to destroy
Babylon, and to send them again thither.
And that all they that went from
Babylon to build the city should have free liberty, as well they as their
posterity, and all the priests that went away.
He sent away also all the vessels from Babylon, that Cyrus had set apart; and all that Cyrus had given in commandment, the same charged he also to be done, and sent unto Jerusalem.
And so he took the letters, and went out, and came unto Babylon, and told it all his brethren.
And these are they of
Jewry that came up from the captivity, where they dwelt as strangers, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of
Babylon had carried away unto
Babylon.
But when our fathers
provoked God unto wrath, and
sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, he gave them over into the power of Nabuchodonosor king of
Babylon, of the Chaldees;
Who pulled down the house, and burned it, and carried away the people
captives unto
Babylon.
But in the first year that king Cyrus reigned over the country of Babylon Cyrus the king wrote to build up this house.
And the holy vessels of gold and of silver, that Nabuchodonosor had carried away out of the house at Jerusalem, and had set them in his own temple those Cyrus the king brought forth again out of the temple at Babylon, and they were delivered to Zorobabel and to Sanabassarus the ruler,
Then commanded king
Darius to seek among the records at
Babylon: and so at Ecbatane the palace, which is in the country of Media, there was found a roll wherein these things were recorded.
And that the holy vessels of the house of the Lord, both of gold and silver, that Nabuchodonosor took out of the house at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, should be restored to the house at Jerusalem, and be set in the place where they were before.
This
Esdras went up from
Babylon, as a
scribe, being very ready in the law of Moses, that was given by the God of Israel.
In the seventh year of the reign of Artexerxes, in the fifth month, this was the king’s seventh year; for they went from Babylon in the first day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem, according to the prosperous journey which the Lord gave them.
And carry the gifts unto the Lord of Israel to Jerusalem, which I and my friends have
vowed, and all the gold and silver that in the country of
Babylon can be found, to the Lord in Jerusalem,
And these are the chief according to their families and several
dignities, that went up with me from
Babylon in the reign of king Artexerxes:
In the
thirtieth year after the ruin of the city I was in
Babylon, and lay troubled upon my bed, and my thoughts came up over my heart:
For I saw the
desolation of
Sion, and the wealth of them that dwelt at
Babylon.