Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-02-27
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The City of Babylon,

Tho p'glonng OF B.bylon vas b. N;mrod,
when be tui!t toe Tower of Babel in the land
ot Shioar. This tower was rebuilt By Neb1-
c'ad1.zzsr, aDd cslled tho Temple of B lus
al Ihe foundation it Taa @ h.l- mile 10 be
Wac!e o'm Dnss. acd consisted of eisht tow r.,
oas baiis above the other. It Was ab5ut 600
f'ss high. Toe city vas built near the cJr-
dasnca Of the rivers E lpbys,es aud Tiprs, the
trmer ruueiug througa tho city. Uoll 70
c;ntt9 the rsr y history OF Babylon has been
dcue I'll acd dark. Bat light is now bre.kiov
lu Upon t6o d,Ikousa. la rtcaut yesrs, uulu-
udes OF briok ta6Isss, stamped ai b up firm
ehafsoeis. hnve been dug uD from The Iui.s OF
me sreat cities t6sI oouo studded the banks of
'heSo NV rs; aud in these Ws fad ourselves 10
Possession uI ooosemDorsneousr II cords Of wants
feaohlug back ;hlr y centuries before the
Chrsiisn era. Nebuohsdo. zz:r cid most TO
sdcra snd enlarso The ci,y. l. was built 10
the ioSn Of sqasrs, and Wss 60 m,ies 10 ci
'unferstoe. l ~.s surroundsd by q wall 20
cabhs high, std 50 Obs Thick. and furnlsneo
Win lOO hrz o gases; D,odorus ssys $50. The
ree's erots d at rlskt tnsl 8. Ino ci ?
sufefed sruat from tbs Perssn 90. gu st, ,whep
IL revol'ed under Darius l, aud al, siege
ou!ty oi q .DgsuS, tha ouIer walls ,iug demo =
.h.d. X"xGs pluadared the Tower of B :lus
Whea Alz1sad,r the Great ectsredthe city, 10
33l b u, hs uoder.opk 10 r. aid the ruicod
temple, but Was Unable even to oicar sway It
rubbish, although he employed 10 600 work
men tor two mouths. ia the tFIrt. After his
death Bsbyloo vent rapid y to decay. siace
han il has been CURRY. fem walca sl the
;ilbss 10 the Vlciriiy hsvs derived too bricks
With which thsy have buit ,sheie cities. Ibu
great ely Ice beauty ct the Uhaldses exue!
ltney, has tbust mphatioally "baoomes heaps :"
Ia the year 595 b O.. the Prophet Jeremiah
wrote ln book Gods judgments against Baby
Ion. and ssntit 10 Sernish, 1ho vas commanded
| 20 read the sama up1n the banks of tho Eu-
| phrstes. and alter reading ii, to bind stone to
it sod cast it into the river, to denote thsrebs,
| that as that should sink into the midst of tho
| river. 30 saCu'd Babylon nlso sink to rise no
more. This has bsen fully verified. about
| 2. 600 years hsvtg nov passed siuss the ci y
has been vholly assolate. and without On in-
| hsbi.snt. just so years after Babylon h.d d.
sro5ed tho city nd templo Of Jerusalem tEe
| power and pfide of this g'e.t city Wss ended
Tho besiegiog 6rd takipg Of the place wss ps,
tIculirly fotstod by four of the prophets.
ihf.y predieted that tho ci'y should be 'shat
uo:' and 'bssipgcd By the Msdes E!smltes,
and Armen!sus;" that tho river aaou:d te
cried III; that tie city should bs taken ia tin.
cts fsase, while her rrioc.s, anG her wise mer,
her csp:sirs and hsr rulers, lud bcr uiehty
nec, Wero craakep; and that they shcu b.
nsde to seep perpetual slee2, from which
they should not awake. And a., secofdil ,,
81 !h's came to pass. Bsisbszz.r. and all Dis
thocB,nd prices. who were drusk with him al
s6e feast, hLviog been sll slain ty Cyrus So.
diers. when they tock ,hs place. Add sn, also,
VS. it paricul.r!y teratold ~ tus Prophet
| aiah, that God wlud p.sko thc cauutry OF
Babylon "a POSSESSION ttr the 5:ttero, aod pnols
o! Water, which Sss fai6l.d b3 the ove & IS
ct Tho great dam, in osdc. to ftks The Oily.
Who're the CITY once s;oed. in all lis glory, are
oow vas. m9unds of bricks sad mortsr 20 bI-
nan bsirg dBels there; the occupants are--as
Isaiah predicted wild beasts aad veoomou.
reptiles, 10 tie dow1fsll of Bobyloo, sad o.hel
ostloos We peiay $50 tho band # God, wha,
though He wsi,s patiently for nsioos end 1-
div du ala TO urn rJn their evil w;y5, will Oar.
;siuly destroy all who Ra op in sio.
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