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Jer. 51: 13.
Rev. 17: 1.
"O thou that dwellest upon many
"Come hither, I will shew unto thee the
waters . . . . . thine end is come, and the
judgment of the great whore, that sitteth
measure of thy covetousness."
upon many waters."
Jer. 51: 7.
Rev. 17: 4 and 2.
"Babylon hath been a golden cup in the
"Having a golden cup in her hand, full
Lord's hand, that made all the earth
of abominations."
drunken. The nations have drunken of her
"The inhabitants of the earth have been
wine: therefore the nations are mad."
made drunk with the wine of her
fornication."
Isa. 47: 5, 7.
Rev. 17: 18, 18: 7, 8.
"O daughter of the Chaldeans . . . . . the
"The woman which thou sawest is that
lady of kingdoms."
great city, which reigneth over the kings
of the earth."
"Thou sadist , I shall be a lady for
ever . . . . . Therefore hear now this, thou
"How much she hath glorified herself,
that art given to pleasures, that dwellest
and lived deliciously, so much torment
carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am,
and sorrow give her; for she hath said in
and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a
her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow,
widow, neither shall I know the loss of
and shall see no sorrow. Therefore shall
children; but these two things shall come to
her plagues come in one day, death, and
thee in a moment in one day, the loss of
mourning, and famine."
children, and widowhood."
Jer. 51: 25.
Rev. 18: 8.
"I will make thee a burnt mountain."
"She shall be utterly burned with fire."
Jer. 51: 45.
Rev. 18: 4.
"My people, go ye out of the midst of her."
"Come out of her, My people."
Jer. 50: 15.
Rev. 18: 6.
"As she hath done, do unto her."
"Reward her even as she rewarded you."
Jer. 51: 63, 64.
Rev. 18: 21.
"And it shall be, when thou hast made an
"And a mighty angel took up a stone
end of reading this book, that thou shalt
like to a great millstone, and cast it into
bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst
the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall
of Euphrates; and thou shalt say, Thus shall
that great city Babylon be thrown down,
Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the
and shall be found no more at all."
evil that I will bring upon her."
We believe the parallels are too evident to need further remark.
May not the fall of Babylon have taken place already?
We will answer this question by noting
(a) Marks of time.
"THEN shall his yoke depart from off them" (Israel) (Isa. 14: 25).