^10 (A)And the beginning of his kingdom was ^(B)Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

⁹ Therefore its name is called ^[a]Babel, ^(A)because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

Assyria Resettles Samaria

^24 (A)Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, ^(B)Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities.

Proclamation Against Babylon

13 The ^(A)burden^[a] against Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

The Humiliation of Babylon

Daniel and His Friends Obey God^(A)

1 In the third year of the reign of ^(B)Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

⁸ And another angel followed, saying, ^(A)“Babylon^[a] is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because ^(B)she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”