NAMES OF THE COUNTRY & CITY.
The desert of the sea.
The land of the Chaldeans.
The land of Shinar.
The land of Merathaim.
The land of Babylon.
The most proud.
Praise of the whole earth.
Sheshach.
The lady of kingdoms.
The golden city.
The city of merchants.
Babylon the great.
The glory of kingdoms.
The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency
ITS SITUATION.
On the rivers Tigris and Euphrates.
ITS PEOPLE
Were numerous.
Were idolaters.
Were wealthy.
ITS PEOPLE
Were cruel.
Were superstitious. Were warlike.
Were commercial.
THE CITY
Was large.
Was strongly fortified.
Was utterly destroyed.
BABYLON
Jehovah's instrument of judgment
Upon Egypt.
Upon Judah.
Upon Edom.
Upon Moab.
Upon Ammon.
Upon Tire.
Upon Zidon.
Upon Assyria.
Upon Hazor.
Upon Nineveh.
The Babylon of the Apocalypse occupies the same relation to the Babylon of the prophets, as does the New Jerusalem to the Jerusalem of the prophets. In the Revelation, both cities are used in a mystical sense; in the prophets, the cities are to be understood in their literal import. The prophets Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Ezekiel are remarkably definite in their statements upon Babylon and her relation to Judea.