Prophecy · judgment · Confidence: high · curated
The Babylonian Exile
Cited scripture
- 2Kgs 20:17 — Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
- Isa 39:6 — Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
- Isa 39:7 — And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
- Jer 25:11 — And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
- Jer 25:12 — And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will mak
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- Against the Arians (Orationes contra Arianos) · 1 passage
- On Christian Doctrine (De Doctrina Christiana) · 1 passage