Ch. 2 Par. 13 What details did Jehovah inspire the prophet Isaiah to record regarding Babylon?
Chapter 2 Paragraph 13
13. What details did Jehovah inspire the prophet Isaiah to record regarding Babylon?
"The Bible contains numerous prophecies, many of which have already been fulfilled. Consider an example. Through the prophet Isaiah, who lived in the eighth century B.C.E., Jehovah foretold that the city of Babylon would be destroyed. (Isaiah 13:19; 14:22, 23) Details were given to show justhow this would happen. Invading armies would dry up Babylon’s river and march into the city without a battle. That is not all. Isaiah’s prophecy even named the king who would conquer Babylon—Cyrus.—Isaiah 44:27–45:2."
a) "in the eighth century B.C.E., Jehovah foretold that the city of Babylon would be destroyed. (Isaiah 13:19; 14:22, 23) Details: Invading armies would dry up Babylon’s river and march into the city without a battle, and named the king who would conquer Babylon—Cyrus.—Isaiah 44:27–45:2"
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(Isaiah 13:19) And Babylon, the decoration of kingdoms, the beauty of the pride of the Chal‧de′ans, must become as when God overthrew Sod′om and Go‧mor′rah.
(Isaiah 14:22-23) “And I will rise up against them,” is the utterance of Jehovah of armies. “And I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant and progeny and posterity,” is the utterance of Jehovah. 23 “And I will make her a possession of porcupines and reedy pools of water, and I will sweep her with the broom of annihilation,” is the utterance of Jehovah of armies.
(Isaiah 44:27-45:2) the One saying to the watery deep, ‘Be evaporated; and all your rivers I shall dry up’; 28 the One saying of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and all that I delight in he will completely carry out’; even in [my] saying of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘You will have your foundation laid.’” 45 This is what Jehovah has said to his anointed one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue before him nations, so that I may ungird even the hips of kings; to open before him the two-leaved doors, so that even the gates will not be shut: 2 “Before you I myself shall go, and the swells of land I shall straighten out. The copper doors I shall break in pieces, and the iron bars I shall cut down.
