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The king spakep, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?

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Luke 12:19‑20• ¹⁹and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid up for many years; repose thyself; eat, drink, be merry.
²⁰But God said unto him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared? (Luke 12:19‑20)

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Dan. 5:20• ²⁰But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto presumption, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him; (Dan. 5:20)

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Psa. 73:8• ⁸They mock and speak wickedly of oppression;{HR}From on high they speak. (Psa. 73:8)

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Prov. 16:18• ¹⁸Pride [goeth] before destruction;{HR}And a haughty spirit before a fall. (Prov. 16:18)

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Hab. 1:15‑16• ¹⁵They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad:
¹⁶therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. (Hab. 1:15‑16)

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Hab. 2:4‑5• ⁴Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
⁵Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people. (Hab. 2:4‑5)

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Luke 12:19‑20• ¹⁹and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid up for many years; repose thyself; eat, drink, be merry.
²⁰But God said unto him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared? (Luke 12:19‑20)

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Luke 14:11• ¹¹For every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that abaseth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 14:11)

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1 Peter 5:5• ⁵Likewise, ye younger, be subject to elders; and all of you bind on humility to one another; because God setteth himself against haughty ones, and giveth grace to lowly. (1 Peter 5:5)

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Gen. 10:10• ¹⁰And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. (Gen. 10:10)

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Gen. 11:2‑9• ²And it came to pass as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
³And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks and burn [them] thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and asphalt had they for mortar.
⁴And they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] to the heavens; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
⁵And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of Man builded.
⁶And Jehovah said, Behold, the people [are] one, and have all one language ; and this have they begun to do; and now they will not be hindered in all that they meditate to do.
⁷Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech .
⁸And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.
⁹Therefore was its name called Babel ; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. (Gen. 11:2‑9)

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Rev. 16:19• ¹⁹And the great city became three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered before God to give her the cup of the wine of the indignation of his wrath. (Rev. 16:19)

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Rev. 17:5• ⁵and upon her forehead a name written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Rev. 17:5)

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Rev. 18:10,21• ¹⁰standing afar off because of the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour came thy judgment.
²¹And a strong angel took up a stone as a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon the great city be cast down, and shall in no wise be found more. (Rev. 18:10,21)

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1 Chron. 29:12‑14• ¹²Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
¹³Now therefore, our God, we thank thee and praise thy glorious name.
¹⁴But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. (1 Chron. 29:12‑14)

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2 Chron. 2:5‑6• ⁵And the house that I will build is great; for great is our God above all gods.
⁶But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? And who am I that I should build him a house, except to burn sacrifice before him? (2 Chron. 2:5‑6)

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Isa. 10:8‑15• ⁸For he saith, [Are] not my princes all kings?
⁹[Is] not Calno as Carchemish? [is] not Hamath as Arpad? [is] not Samaria as Damascus?
¹⁰As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols (and their graven images exceeded those of Jerusalem and of Samaria),
¹¹shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her images?
¹²And it shall come to pass [that], when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
¹³For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom, for I am prudent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have put down them that sit [on thrones];
¹⁴and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples; and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
¹⁵Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up [him that is] not wood. (Isa. 10:8‑15)

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Isa. 37:24‑25• ²⁴By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the recesses of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, its choice cypresses: and I will enter into the height of its border, the forest of its fruitful field.
²⁵I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Matsor. (Isa. 37:24‑25)

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Ezek. 28:2‑5• ²Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God.
³Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel: there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
⁴with thy wisdom and with thy understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
⁵by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches. (Ezek. 28:2‑5)

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Ezek. 29:3• ³Speak and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. (Ezek. 29:3)

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Dan. 5:18‑19• ¹⁸O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;
¹⁹and for the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he exalted, and whom he would he humbled. (Dan. 5:18‑19)

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Esther 1:4• ⁴when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and eighty days. (Esther 1:4)

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Psa. 49:20• ²⁰Man in honour and that understandeth not hath become like the cattle;{HR}That are cut off. (Psa. 49:20)

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Psa. 104:1• ¹Bless Jehovah, my soul.{HR}Jehovah my God, thou art very great.{HR}Honour and majesty hast thou put on, (Psa. 104:1)

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Psa. 145:5‑12• ⁵The majesty of the glory of thine honour,{HR}And the words of thy wonders, I will meditate.
⁶And the strength of thy terrors they shall tell (say);{HR}And thy greatness, I will declare it.
⁷They shall pour forth the memory of thy great goodness,{HR}And thy righteousness they shall sing aloud.
⁸Gracious and merciful (is) Jehovah,{HR}Slow to anger and of great mercy.
⁹Good (is) Jehovah to the universe (the all),{HR}And his tender mercies [are] over all his works.
¹⁰All thy works shall give thee thanks, Jehovah,{HR}And all thy saints shall bless thee.
¹¹They shall tell (say) the glory of thy kingdom,{HR}And speak of thy power,
¹²To make known to the sons of men his mighty deeds,{HR}And the glory of the majesty of his kingdom. (Psa. 145:5‑12)

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1 Cor. 10:31• ³¹Whether then ye eat or drink or do anything, do all things unto God's glory. (1 Cor. 10:31)

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Rev. 21:24‑26• ²⁴And the nations shall walk by its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory unto it.
²⁵And the gates of it shall in no wise be shut by day: for there shall be no night there.
²⁶And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations unto it. (Rev. 21:24‑26)

• And what was the subject of his meditations? His own greatness, power, and majesty....All this was the glorification of himself, the full-blown pride of the human heart, begotten of his exaltation and prosperity—the pride that goeth before destruction....God was not in all his thoughts, nor even his own false gods; his vision was bounded by himself—himself as the source of all his glory, and himself as the object of all his works. (“Daniel 4” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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the king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdomb by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

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i.e. the royal residence.

W. Kelly Translation

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The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?