The name Babylon is fascinating. It sounds like a Hebrew word meaning confusion. During the
time of the prophet Isaiah, Babylon was the place where Judah was destined to be exiled for their rebellion against God. That Babylon is remembered in history as the neo-Babylonian Empire, and it had a great impact on the course of Israelite and Biblical history. For example, the Bible is written primarily in Hebrew and later in Greek, but thanks to the Babylonian exile the Bible also includes a small amount of Chaldean, or Aramaic. On a modern map, the centre of the ancient neo-Babylonian empire is in modern day Iraq. Here, Ezekiel and Daniel were exiled and had ministries. Here, many former Judeans made their homes and lives meaningful with God’s help. When Isaiah speaks of Babylon, he also seems to be pointing to a greater concept. A Babylon that spans the centuries and needs to be defeated ultimately by God. It is a place of absolute confusion. Isaiah speaks about its coming judgment and how God will move.
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Moab
Moab, Israel and Judah had a rocky history with one another. Technically, they were related
as Moab was a descendant of Lot and his daughter, who were Abraham’s nephew and great
niece. Moab lived east of the Dead Sea, on today’s map, that ancient land is now owned by the nation of Jordan. During ... -
Judah Needs Helpo; Isaiah 18-21
When we face crisis, we often look for solutions that have worked for us before. Many times,
these are practical and things we can physically do. We see the same tendency in Judah when
she faced the oncoming rage of the Assyrians; she looked to Egypt, a promising ally. The
problem was that God wa... -
The Assyrian Threat
The ancient Middle East was devastated by the power of Assyria. Assyria became an empire
as it conquered city after city and nation after nation. Isaiah, chapter 23, covers how the
celebrated cities of Tyre and Sidon responded to Assyria and what happened to them. Even
in Judah there was tremendo...
