Dictionnaire biblique

Babylon

L'empire qui conquit Juda et déporta son peuple — devenu plus tard symbole biblique de l'orgueil humain face à Dieu.

Réponse rapide traduite avec l'aide de l'IA et en cours de révision. L'explication complète est affichée en anglais.

Babylon destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in 586 BC and carried the people into exile, the setting of Daniel and much prophetic literature.

Beyond history, ‘Babylon’ becomes a symbol of arrogant, godless power, especially in Revelation, where it falls before God’s kingdom.

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Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.” Daniel 1:1 “In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.”