The books of 'latter prophets' preserve sayings and stories of religious and political activists ('prophets') who served as the spiritual conscience of the nation throughout its history, reminding. And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it. A new "Babylon" will emerge. At the time of the downfall of the city of Babylon recorded in Daniel 5, the city was still a monument to the genius of Nebuchadnezzar. The last king of Babylon was Nabonidus in BC 556539. Hallelujah! Why Is Babylon Famous in the Past and in the End Times. The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. Then Jeremiah said to them, "You shall say to Zedekiah as follows: 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel, "Behold, I am about to turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which you are warring against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall; and I will gather them into the center of this city. He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, just as the LORD had said. To God? In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him. The Bible reveals that Babylon's wealth was its downfall (Isaiah 14:4). After him came an inferior kingdom (538-539 BC Cyrus, Medo-Persia), and then a third kingdom of bronze (330 BC, Alexander the Great, Greek Empire). This was followed by Dynasty II of Isin (1169-1039 b.c. 'And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into captivity; and you will enter Babylon, and there you will die and there you will be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have falsely prophesied.'". However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God. And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning. The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and Sephar-vaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel. Come down and sit in the dust,O virgin daughter of Babylon;Sit on the ground without a throne,O daughter of the Chaldeans!For you shall no longer be called tender and delicate. May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever. "Even the cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.' Most of the Biblical prophecies relating to Babylon are in relation to the captivity and Gods revelation to Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel concerning the ultimate end of the captivity both for Israel and for Babylon. When He had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king Then Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the LORD and made them commit a great sin. Now. Those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia. They feared the Lord and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been carried away into exile. Babylon will be rebuilt greater than ever in the land of Shinar (Zech. Babylon and King Nebuchadnezzar figure prominently in the Old Testament, as it was Babylon that invaded Judah, destroyed Jerusalem and the temple, and carried off many Jews to Babylon as exiles. The near and the far view are often mingled as in chapter 13. 'Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare. The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the princes of Judah in Riblah. The head of that statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze. Babylonia was next invaded by the Kassites in the period 1550-1169 b.c. "Go up to Lebanon and cry out, And lift up your voice in Bashan; Cry out also from Abarim, For all your lovers have been crushed. No nation so set against God escapes judgment (Isaiah 47). The singers: the sons of Asaph, 128. The number of the men of the people of Israel: the sons of Parosh, 2,172; the sons of Shephatiah, 372; the sons of Arah, 775; the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812; the sons of Elam, 1,254; the sons of Zattu, 945; the sons of Zaccai, 760; the sons of Bani, 642; the sons of Bebai, 623; the sons of Azgad, 1,222; the sons of Adonikam, 666; the sons of Bigvai, 2,056; the sons of Adin, 454; the sons of Ater of Hezekiah, 98; the sons of Bezai, 323; the sons of Jorah, 112; the sons of Hashum, 223; the sons of Gibbar, 95; the men of Bethlehem, 123; the men of Netophah, 56; the men of Anathoth, 128; the sons of Azmaveth, 42; the sons of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743; the sons of Ramah and Geba, 621; the men of Michmas, 122; the men of Bethel and Ai, 223; the sons of Nebo, 52; the sons of Magbish, 156; the sons of the other Elam, 1,254; the sons of Harim, 320; the sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 725; the men of Jericho, 345; the sons of Senaah, 3,630. Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths None remained except the poorest people of the land. 'Take wives and become the fathers of sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there and do not decrease. "They are dreaded and feared; Their justice and authority originate with themselves. that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,How the oppressor has ceased,And how fury has ceased! Babylon was located in Shinar, in ancient Mesopotamia on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River. 'Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Verse Concepts. Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Their horses were 736; their mules, 245; their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720. Now these are those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan and Immer, but they were not able to give evidence of their fathers' households and their descendants, whether they were of Israel: the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 652. Babylon is referred to by many names in the Bible: The ancient city of Babylon plays a major role in the Bible, representing a rejection of the One True God. And he said, Hear me, brethren and fathers! Historians believe Babylon was the first ancient city to exceed 200,000 people. and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel, and in the customs of the kings of Israel which they had introduced. The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973; the sons of Immer, 1,052; the sons of Pashhur, 1,247; the sons of Harim, 1,017. Its name was derived from a later experience revealed in Genesis 11 where the inhabitants of the land of Shinar, the southern portion of Mesopotamia, are recorded as building a tower designed to reach the heavens. Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. What happened that caused a short-lived Old Testament city-state to become such a New Testament symbol of evil? and say, Just so shall Babylon sink down and not rise again because of the calamity that I am going to bring upon her; and they will become exhausted. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. 5:5-11). "The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; They break forth into shouts of joy. In 560 b.c. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had performed against it." The gardens were built on terraces and supported large trees. So the "great harlot" is Babylon the Great. The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima. The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. "He who dwells in this city will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence; but he who goes out and falls away to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his own life as booty. "You shall also say to this people, 'Thus says the LORD, "Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death. Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name Belteshazzar, to Hananiah Shadrach, to Mishael Meshach and to Azariah Abed-nego. When United States forces invaded Iraq in 2003, they constructed a military base on top of the ruins, destroying many artifacts in the process and making future digs even more difficult. On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.read more.Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the kings garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. Now this was their number: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 duplicates; 30 gold bowls, 410 silver bowls of a second kind and 1,000 other articles. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord. The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. "I have made the earth, the men and the beasts which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to the one who is pleasing in My sight. If Herodotus can be believed, the walls were indeed formidable being 350 feet high and 87 feet thick. Upon the willows in the midst of itWe hung our harps. I was angry with My people,I profaned My heritageAnd gave them into your hand.You did not show mercy to them,On the aged you made your yoke very heavy. The whole assembly numbered 42,360, besides their male and female servants who numbered 7,337; and they had 200 singing men and women. Revelation 7:2; Revelation 14:7, etc.). And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans pride,Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. Mystery Babylon is to "sit" on peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues.". The king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates. So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem. Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name Belteshazzar, to Hananiah Shadrach, to Mishael Meshach and to Azariah Abed-nego. read more. Only occasionally does there seem to be a reference to a future ultimate destruction as in Jeremiah 51:62-64. Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes. 238 city: 'Babylon is the Greek spelling of the name which in Hebrew is uniform-ly 'Babel' [ and] refers to an ancient city on the eastern bank of the Eu-phrates about twenty miles south of Bagdad, near the modern village of Hilla Alexander, recognizing the commercial importance of the city, allowed its satrap to coin money and began constructing a harbour to foster trade. There were ninety-six exposed pomegranates; all the pomegranates numbered a hundred on the network all around. And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold, From Me destroyers will come to her, declares the. Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.. Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple. "Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre; every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. Why should this city, "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, 'Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce. Now, then, hear this, you sensual one,Who dwells securely,Who says in your heart,I am, and there is no one besides me.I will not sit as a widow,Nor know loss of children. But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day:Loss of children and widowhood.They will come on you in full measureIn spite of your many sorceries,In spite of the great power of your spells. Then the king said to the wise men who understood the times--for it was the custom of the king so to speak before all who knew law and justice and were close to him: Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had access to the king's presence and sat in the first place in the kingdom-- "According to law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti, because she did not obey the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?" The LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken through His servants the prophets. This may have been the beginning of a practice of building towers with religious significance. and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life. Babylon was the center of a powerful empire that continually sought to expand its power, which often led to imperial wars with other nations. It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. He said to him, Take these utensils, go and deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem and let the house of God be rebuilt in its place., Then that Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem; and from then until now it has been under construction and it is not yet completed., Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persiain order to fulfill the word of the, Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the, Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. What is the significance of the Medo-Persian Empire in biblical history. How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock. Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword. Major attention is devoted to the captivity of Judah in the prophecies of both Jeremiah and Ezekiel. His immediate predecessors were Elijah and Elisha, and he was a contemporary of Hosea and Amos. How the hammer of the whole earthHas been cut off and broken!How Babylon has becomeAn object of horror among the nations! Your pomp and the music of your harpsHave been brought down to Sheol;Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath youAnd worms are your covering. How you have fallen from heaven,O star of the morning, son of the dawn!You have been cut down to the earth,You who have weakened the nations! Now you write to the Jews as you see fit, in the kings name, and seal it with the kings signet ring; for a decree which is written in the name of the king and sealed with the kings signet ring may not be revoked.. Some of your sons who shall issue from you, whom you will beget, will be taken away; and they will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon. Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good. For he thought, Is it not so, if there will be peace and truth in my days?, At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered. and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD would not forgive. Daniel ends his interpretation by telling the king the interpretation is sure and certain because it has been ordained by God (Daniel 2:38-45). Bible verses about Babylon. Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abrams wife; and they went out. Salvation and glory and power belong to our God; And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, Amen. I will raise my throne above the stars of God. The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lordthe bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. The opposition to the rule of God by world powers or the exile of God's people from the land of blessing is conveyed properly through the metaphor of Babylon. "If it is pleasing to the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry on the king's business, to put into the king's treasuries." View More Bible Stories View Revelation Chapter 18. The United States is not Babylon or the Great whore or Mystery Babylon. In the Old Testament the city of Babylon gave birth to an empire that ruled the known world and imposed a worldview upon all of the peoples that she conquered. (This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the court officials, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.) Those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath until seventy years were complete. The fall of babylon in the bible verse Babylon's wealth was its downfall (Isaiah 14:4). And I will stretch out My hand against you, So all Israel was enrolled by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. included the extensive empire of Sargon from Persia to the Mediterranean. He burned the house of the Lord, the kings house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire. "Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs." It was announced two centuries before the fall of Babylon that . read more. Daniel 5:7. Babylon is referenced 280 times in the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. Hallelujah!, Then he *said to me, Write, Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he *said to me, These are true words of God.. All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392. The sons of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda, the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Ami. For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. In the Bible, Babylon is described as a violent and oppressive kingdom that destroyed cities and enslaved their people. All the men of valor, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all strong and fit for war, and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon. Revelation Chapter 18. "Their camels will become plunder, And their many cattle for booty, And I will scatter to all the winds those who cut the corners of their hair; And I will bring their disaster from every side," declares the LORD. Learn Religions. the land suffered various invasions including that of Assyria. The book of Daniel gives us insight into the nations which emerged. With the help of the Medes, Nineveh was destroyed in 612 b.c. Zavada, Jack. To understand Scripture when its referenced in prophecy (or revelation). Her smoke rises up forever and ever., And a voice came from the throne, saying,Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great.. Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, the height of which was sixty cubits and its width six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, just as the LORD had said. Here a prediction of Babylons utter humiliation is given, and the foreview seems to relate primarily to the capture of Babylon by the Medes and the Persians. The city of Babylon continued to flourish after the Medes conquered it, and though its glory dwindled, especially after the control of the Medes and Persians ended in 323 b.c., the city continued in some form or substance until a.d. 1000 and did not experience a sudden termination such as is anticipated in this prophecy. These came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Flee from the Chaldeans!Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this,Send it out to the end of the earth;Say, The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob.. Hezekiah was pleased, and showed them all his treasure house, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and his whole armory and all that was found in his treasuries. "Their horses are swifter than leopards And keener than wolves in the evening Their horsemen come galloping, Their horsemen come from afar; They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour. And some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will beget, will be taken away, and they will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon. Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good. For he thought, For there will be peace and truth in my days.. In Daniels interpretation of the tree vision of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4, he had predicted Nebuchadnezzars humiliation in which he suffered seven years of insanity before his reason returned. So he led Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; also the king's mother and the king's wives and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led away into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. When I saw her, I wondered greatly. I shall mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me;Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia:This one was born there.. All the kings of the nations lie in glory. read more. 'Return it to its sheath In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you. read more. "I will hurl you and your mother who bore you into another country where you were not born, and there you will die. I was angry with My people,I profaned My heritageAnd gave them into your hand.You did not show mercy to them,On the aged you made your yoke very heavy. (Now Seraiah was quartermaster.). Christian theologians and Supremacists teachers have set out to darken the eyes of their followers. Wood engraving, published in 1886. But some also believe the Bible is a historical document chronicling the birth and rise of Israel in the . Babylon is military in nature. The first was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle. youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for serving in the kings court; and he ordered him to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. The very name Bab-iliu means "the gate of the gods" in Akkadian, which is the oldest recorded Semitic language and the most common language of the ancient Near East until the eighth century BC.. Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her. A stone (cut by no human hands) struck the image on its feet and broke them into pieces, followed by the whole image becoming as chaff and blown by the wind. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth. The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a bronze capital was on it; the height of the capital was three cubits, with a network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. The LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight. Prepare for his sons a place of slaughterBecause of the iniquity of their fathers.They must not arise and take possession of the earthAnd fill the face of the world with cities. I will rise up against them, declares the Lord of hosts, and will cut off from Babylon name and survivors, offspring and posterity, declares the Lord. How then will one answer the messengers of the nation? cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and bronze and iron and marble, for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste! And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, stood at a distance, and were crying out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like the great city? And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!, And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more. Even in papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters. The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. The character Jack Conrad appears to be based on John Gilbert, a leading MGM star of the 1920s.Talkies revealed to many an apparent mismatch between his soft voice and his dashing on-screen persona, leading to dwindling roles, a drinking problem, and a death by heart attack in 1936, at the age of 38. The stone became a great mountain that filled the whole earth (Daniel 2:25-35). Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him. All the articles of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the. Daniel: The John Walvoord Prophecy Commentary by Walvoord & Dyer. Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus says the Lord your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,For your sake I have sent to Babylon,And will bring them all down as fugitives,Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice. Seeking the Gospel in Malachi, the Last Book of the Old Testament. When the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel, and settle them in their own land, then strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob. But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen. Debated is the conclusion that the city itself will have a physical revival to become the capital of the world at the end of the age. The city of Babel and its surrounding area were a center for idol worship, which God expressly commanded against in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:3-5). In an age when empires rose and fell, Babylon enjoyed an unusually long reign of power and grandeur. The Birth of Babylon: The historical drama of Babylon began on the plains of Shinar, where the first world dictator established the world's first religious center. The word which the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet: Against the land of Merathaim, go up against it,And against the inhabitants of Pekod.Slay and utterly destroy them, declares the Lord,And do according to all that I have commanded you. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. According to Scripture, the inhabitants had said. Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. Because she encompassed such evil, she will be the dwelling place for demons, unclean spirits and birds, and every unclean and detestable beast (Revelation 18:2).