Babylon must be taken to refer to the literal city, and must not be

spiritualized.  It is called 'The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency' (Isa.

13:19).  The prophecy of Jeremiah 50 opens with the words: 'The Word of the

Lord spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans' (Jer.

The following parallels from Jeremiah, Isaiah and Revelation will add

further details to the 'burden' of Isaiah, and also establish the fact that

Babylon of the Apocalypse is the literal city, which must therefore be

restored in the land of the Chaldees.

'O thou that dwellest upon many

'Come hither; I will shew unto

waters ... thine end is come, and

thee the judgment of the great

the measure of thy covetousness'

whore that sitteth upon many

(Jer. 51:13).

waters' (Rev. 17:1).

'Babylon hath been a golden cup

'Having a golden cup in her hand

in the Lord's hand, that made all

full of abominations' (Rev.

the earth drunken: the nations

have drunken of her wine;

therefore the nations are mad'

(Jer 51:7).

'O daughter of the Chaldeans ...

'The woman which thou sawest

The lady of kingdoms' (Isa. 47:5).

is that great city, which reigneth

over the kings of the earth' (Rev.

'Thou saidst, I shall be a lady for

'How much she hath glorified

ever ... Therefore hear now this,

herself, and lived deliciously, so

thou that art given to pleasures,

much torment and sorrow give

that dwelleth carelessly, that

her: for she saith in her heart, I

sayest in thine heart, I am, and

sit a queen, and am no widow,

none else beside me; I shall not

and shall see no sorrow.

sit as a widow, neither shall I

Therefore shall her plagues come

know the loss of children: but

in one day, death, and mourning,

these two things shall come to

and famine' (Rev. 18:7,8).

thee in a moment in one day, the

loss of children, and widowhood'

(Isa, 47:7-9).

'I ... will make thee a burnt

'She shall be utterly burned with

mountain' (Jer. 51:25).

fire' (Rev. 18:8).

'My people, go ye out of the

'Come out of her, My people'

midst of her' (Jer. 51:45).

(Rev. 18:4).

'As she hath done, do unto her'

'Reward her even as she

(Jer. 50:15).

rewarded you' (Rev. 18:6).

'And it shall be, when thou hast

'And a mighty angel took up a

made an end of reading this

stone like a great millstone, and

book, that thou shalt bind a stone

cast it into the sea, saying, Thus

to it, and cast it into the midst of

with violence shall that great city

Euphrates: and thou shalt say,

Babylon ... be found no more at

Thus shall Babylon sink, and

all' (Rev. 18:21).