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• Jeremiah 25Bible

  Jeremiah 25 records a word given in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. It foretells that Judah will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years, after which Babylon itself will be punished, and it proclaims God's judgment on the world in a scene in which Jeremiah makes Jerusalem and the nations drink the cup of wrath.

• LuciferBible

  Lucifer is the Latin Vulgate's rendering of the "morning star, son of the morning" in Isaiah 14:12. In later tradition the word came to be widely used as the name of Satan before his fall.

• Isaiah 14Bible

  Isaiah 14 follows a promise of Israel's restoration with a taunt song over the fall of the king of Babylon, a declaration of judgment on Assyria, and a warning to Philistia.

• Ezekiel 30Bible

  Ezekiel 30 contains a prophecy that "the day of the LORD" is coming upon Egypt and its allies (vv. 1–19) and a prophecy that God will break Pharaoh's arms and strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon (vv. 20–26).

• Morning StarBible

  The morning star is the star that heralds the dawn in the eastern sky before sunrise. In the Bible it serves as a symbol of the coming of a new day and of Christ, and it is also used figuratively of the king of Babylon, who fell because of his pride.

• Nergal-sharezerPeople

  Nergal-sharezer was a Babylonian official mentioned in Jeremiah 39. When Jerusalem fell, he sat in the middle gate of the city, and he took part in releasing Jeremiah, who had been confined in the court of the prison.

• Jeremiah 27Bible

  Jeremiah 27 is the chapter in which Jeremiah wears a yoke on his neck and tells Judah and five neighboring nations to serve the king of Babylon. He also warns that prophecies of the temple vessels' imminent return from Babylon are false.

• Jeremiah 28Bible

  Jeremiah 28 is the chapter in which Hananiah prophesies that the yoke of Babylon will be broken within two years and breaks Jeremiah's wooden yoke, after which Jeremiah proclaims a yoke of iron and foretells Hananiah's death.

• EunuchBible

  A eunuch was an official who served the king and the royal household closely in ancient palaces; in many cases he was a castrated man. The Hebrew and Greek terms appear across both Testaments, and the Korean Revised Version renders the same original term with several different words depending on context.

• Captain of the GuardBible

  "Captain of the guard" is a biblical title for the head of a unit responsible for guarding an ancient king and carrying out executions. Nebuzaradan of Babylon and Potiphar of Egypt held related titles.

• NabonidusPeople

  Nabonidus was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (reigned 556–539 BC). Although he is not named in the Bible, he is known as the father of Belshazzar, who appears in the Book of Daniel.

• ZedekiahPeople

  Zedekiah was the last king of the Kingdom of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, placed him on the throne, but Zedekiah rebelled against him. When Jerusalem fell, he was blinded and carried off to Babylon.

• NebuchadnezzarPeople

  Nebuchadnezzar was king of the Babylonian (Neo-Babylonian) Empire. He destroyed Jerusalem and its temple and carried the people of Judah into captivity. In the Book of Daniel, he is a central figure in the accounts of his dreams and the fiery furnace.

• Fall of JerusalemBible

  The fall of Jerusalem was the event in which Jerusalem, the capital of the southern kingdom of Judah, fell to the army of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and the temple was burned. It took place during the reign of King Zedekiah, bringing the kingdom of Judah to an end and marking the beginning of the Babylonian exile.

• CyrusPeople

  Cyrus, known in general history as Cyrus II or Cyrus the Great, was a king of the ancient Persian Empire. The Bible records him as the ruler who permitted the people of Judah held captive in Babylon to return to their homeland and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.

• SheshbazzarPeople

  Sheshbazzar was a leader of Judah who, during the reign of the Persian king Cyrus, received the vessels of the Jerusalem temple and led the first return of the Babylonian exiles. He appears in Ezra 1 and 5.

• JehoiachinPeople

  Jehoiachin was a king of Judah who reigned for about three months before surrendering to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and being carried off to Babylon. Scripture also calls him Jeconiah and Coniah.

• AshpenazPeople

  Ashpenaz is the chief of the eunuchs under Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in Daniel 1. He was responsible for educating and overseeing Daniel and his three friends, who had been carried off from Judah, at the royal court.

• Ezekiel 17Bible

  Ezekiel 17 uses the parable of two eagles and a vine to rebuke the king of Judah for breaking his covenant with Babylon and relying on Egypt. The chapter closes with God's promise of restoration: He will plant a tender twig from the top of a cedar on a high mountain.

• Daniel 3:17–18Bible Verses

  Daniel 3:17–18 is the reply of Daniel's three friends before the fiery furnace: God was able to deliver them, "but if not," they would still not bow to the king's image. It is a classic passage on faith that holds firm regardless of the outcome and is often cited in discussions of faith under persecution and, in Korea, of the history of resistance to Shinto shrine worship.