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Isaiah 39:5

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Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Yahweh of Hosts:

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Babylon was the powerful Mesopotamian kingdom centered on the Euphrates River, east of Judah. Its envoys’ visit to Hezekiah becomes significant because Isaiah announces that Babylon, though then distant, would later carry Judah’s treasures and descendants into exile as God’s judgment.

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Isaiah 39:5 mentions Babylon.

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