To the ruler of Babylon came the sentence of the divine Watcher: O king, "to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee." Daniel 4:31. "Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the ground: there is no throne. . . . Sit thou silent, And get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; For thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms." Isaiah 47:1-5. "O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, Thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness," "Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah."


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Historie og profeti

For Babylon hersker lød den guddommelige vægters dom:»Det gives dig til kende, kong Nebukadnezar, at dit kongedømme er taget fra dig!« Daniel 4,31.» Stig ned, sid i støvet, du jomfru, Babels datter, sid uden trone på jorden. ..... Sid tavs og gå ind i mørke kaldæernes datter, thi ikke mer skal du kaldes rigernes dronning.« Es. 47,1-5.

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