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Isaiah 39:8

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Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of Yahweh which you have spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.

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Babylon was the powerful Mesopotamian empire centered on the Euphrates River, east of Judah. In this passage, Hezekiah accepts Isaiah’s warning that Babylon will one day carry away Judah’s treasures and descendants, foreshadowing the later exile as God’s judgment.

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Isaiah 39:8 mentions Babylon.

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