The wordwhichthe LORDspokeconcerningBabylon,the landof the Chaldeans,throughJeremiahthe prophet:
The beginningof his kingdomwas Babeland Erechand Accadand Calneh,in the landof Shinar.
TerahtookAbramhis son,and Lotthe sonof Haran,his grandson,and Saraihis daughter-in-law,his sonAbram'swife;and they wentout togetherfrom Urof the Chaldeansin order to enterthe landof Canaan;and they wentas faras Haran,and settledthere.
Thereforeits namewas calledBabel,becausetherethe LORDconfusedthe languageof the wholeearth;and from therethe LORDscatteredthem abroad overthe faceof the wholeearth.
"The Spiritof the LORDspokeby me, And His wordwas on my tongue.
The kingof Assyriabrought[men] from Babylonand from Cuthahand from Avvaand from Hamathand Sephar-vaim,and settled[them] in the citiesof Samariain placeof the sonsof Israel.So they possessedSamariaand livedin its cities.
While he was stillspeaking,anotheralso cameand said,"The Chaldeansformedthreebandsand madea raidon the camelsand tookthem and slewthe servantswith the edgeof the sword,and I alonehave escapedto tellyou."
that you will takeup thistauntagainstthe kingof Babylon,and say,"Howthe oppressorhas ceased,[And how] furyhas ceased!
Behold,the landof the Chaldeans--thisis the people[which] was not; Assyriaappointedit for desertcreatures--they erectedtheir siegetowers,they strippedits palaces,they madeit a ruin.
Then it will be when seventyyearsare completedI will punishthe kingof Babylonand that nation,'declaresthe LORD,'for their iniquity,and the landof the Chaldeans;and I will makeit an everlastingdesolation.
"Allthe nationsshall servehim and his sonand his grandsonuntilthe timeof his own landcomes;then manynationsand greatkingswill makehim their servant.
In the thirdyearof the reignof Jehoiakimkingof Judah,Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babyloncameto Jerusalemand besiegedit.
"Thenhe leftthe landof the Chaldeansand settledin Haran.From there,afterhis fatherdied,[God] had him moveto thiscountryin whichyou are nowliving.
for noprophecywas evermadeby an act of humanwill,but menmovedby the HolySpiritspokefrom God.
And anotherangel,a second one,followed,saying,"Fallen,fallenis Babylonthe great,she whohas madeallthe nationsdrinkof the wineof the passionof her immorality."
