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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By 2 Kings 20:16–19

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD: / The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. / And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Jeremiah 20:4–7

For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword. / I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon. / And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Jeremiah 21:1

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Jeremiah 22:1

This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Jeremiah 25:1–11

This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. / So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows: / “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Jeremiah 27:1

At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Jeremiah 28:1

In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Jeremiah 29:1

This is the text of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets, and all the others Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Jeremiah 32:28, 29

Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it. / And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Jeremiah 34:1

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Jeremiah 36:29

You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Jeremiah 38:17, 18

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive. / But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Jeremiah 43:8–13

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes: / “In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes. / Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Jeremiah 46:13–26

This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt: / “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’ / Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Ezekiel 12:1

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Ezekiel 17:1

Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Ezekiel 19:1

“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Ezekiel 21:1

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Ezekiel 24:1

In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Ezekiel 26:1

In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Ezekiel 29:18–20

“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it. / Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army. / I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Ezekiel 30:1

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Babylon: Empire of Prophecies of Conquests By Ezekiel 32:1

In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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