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The king spakep, 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 honor of my majesty?

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Luke 12:19‑20• ¹⁹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
²⁰But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? (Luke 12:19‑20)

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Is not.

Dan. 5:20• ²⁰But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: (Dan. 5:20)

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Psa. 73:8• ⁸They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. (Psa. 73:8)

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Prov. 16:18• ¹⁸Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. (Prov. 16:18)

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Hab. 1:15‑16• ¹⁵They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
¹⁶Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. (Hab. 1:15‑16)

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Hab. 2:4‑5• ⁴Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
⁵Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: (Hab. 2:4‑5)

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Luke 12:19‑20• ¹⁹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
²⁰But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? (Luke 12:19‑20)

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Luke 14:11• ¹¹For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 14:11)

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1 Peter 5:5• ⁵Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. (1 Peter 5:5)

great.

Gen. 10:10• ¹⁰And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. (Gen. 10:10)

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Gen. 11:2‑9• ²And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
³And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
⁴And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
⁵And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
⁶And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
⁷Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
⁸So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
⁹Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. (Gen. 11:2‑9)

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Rev. 16:19• ¹⁹And 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. (Rev. 16:19)

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Rev. 17:5• ⁵And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Rev. 17:5)

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Rev. 18:10,21• ¹⁰Standing 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.
²¹And 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. (Rev. 18:10,21)

that.

1 Chron. 29:12‑14• ¹²Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
¹³Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
¹⁴But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. (1 Chron. 29:12‑14)

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2 Chron. 2:5‑6• ⁵And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
⁶But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? (2 Chron. 2:5‑6)

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Isa. 10:8‑15• ⁸For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
⁹Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
¹⁰As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
¹¹Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
¹²Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
¹³For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
¹⁴And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
¹⁵Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. (Isa. 10:8‑15)

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Isa. 37:24‑25• ²⁴By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
²⁵I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. (Isa. 37:24‑25)

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Ezek. 28:2‑5• ²Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
³Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
⁴With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
⁵By thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: (Ezek. 28:2‑5)

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Ezek. 29:3• ³Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. (Ezek. 29:3)

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Dan. 5:18‑19• ¹⁸O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor:
¹⁹And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. (Dan. 5:18‑19)

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Esther 1:4• ⁴When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. (Esther 1:4)

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Psa. 49:20• ²⁰Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. (Psa. 49:20)

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Psa. 104:1• ¹Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honor and majesty. (Psa. 104:1)

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Psa. 145:5‑12• ⁵I will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
⁶And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
⁷They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
⁸The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
⁹The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
¹⁰All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.
¹¹They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
¹²To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. (Psa. 145:5‑12)

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1 Cor. 10:31• ³¹Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Cor. 10:31)

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Rev. 21:24‑26• ²⁴And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it.
²⁵And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
²⁶And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. (Rev. 21:24‑26)

• And what was the subject of his meditations? His own greatness, power, and majesty....All this was the glorification of himself, the full-blown pride of the human heart, begotten of his exaltation and prosperity—the pride that goeth before destruction....God was not in all his thoughts, nor even his own false gods; his vision was bounded by himself—himself as the source of all his glory, and himself as the object of all his works. (“Daniel 4” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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the king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdomb by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

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i.e. the royal residence.