King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.

Jeremiah recorded on one scroll all the judgments that would come upon Babylon – all these prophecies written about Babylon.

“Babylon must fall because of the Israelites she has killed, just as the earth’s mortally wounded fell because of Babylon.

Before two years are over, I will bring back to this place everything that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took from it and carried away to Babylon.

This is a message about Babylon that God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz:

The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves.

Then Nebuchadnezzar promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

“You say, ‘The Lord has raised up prophets of good news for us here in Babylon.’

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his generals were besieging it.

“See how Babylon has been captured! See how the pride of the whole earth has been taken! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations!

The Lord spoke concerning Babylon and the land of Babylonia through the prophet Jeremiah.

There at Riblah the king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon also had all the nobles of Judah put to death.

By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.

After the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you, and so does Mark, my son.

Babylon hammered the whole world to pieces. But see how that ‘hammer’ has been broken and shattered! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations!

Give the signal to attack Babylon’s wall! Bring more guards! Post them all around the city! Put men in ambush! For the Lord will do what he has planned. He will do what he said he would do to the people of Babylon.

I will punish the god Bel in Babylon. I will make him spit out what he has swallowed. The nations will not come streaming to him any longer. Indeed, the walls of Babylon will fall.”

Nebuchadnezzar took some of the items in the Lord’s temple to Babylon and put them in his palace there.

The king of Babylon deported to Babylon all the soldiers (there were 7,000), as well as 1,000 craftsmen and metal workers. This included all the best warriors.