Which Babylon is Isaiah 13 talking about?
Isaiah 13 speaks of the ancient city of Babylon, the capital of Nebuchadnezzar's empire. The passage declares that this literal city would never be inhabited again or rebuilt as a center of commerce, politics, and religion, having been cursed like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Les teaches that Isaiah 13 is speaking of the ancient city of Babylon, the capital of Nebuchadnezzar's empire, not a future rebuilt Babylon. He explains that Scripture distinctly says this city would never be inhabited again or rebuilt as a center of commerce, politics, and religion. God put such a curse upon it that it would become like Sodom and Gomorrah, with no Arabian tents or shepherd folds, only wild beasts, owls, and satyrs. Therefore, the Babylon in Isaiah 13 cannot be a rebuilt end-times city.
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Why will Babylon not be rebuilt or become a center of commerce, politics, and religion again?
The ancient city of Babylon will not be rebuilt or become a center of commerce, politics, and religion again, because Scripture in Isaiah 13 says its glory will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and God put a curse on it so that it would never be rebuilt.