GENERATIONS CHURCH of Granbury

and Babylon was used as a metaphor in the Bible for wicked cities, wicked communities, wicked cultures. So you had Nineveh. Nineveh was a kind of a Babylon. Tyre inside of Phoenicia, that was a kind of Babylon. Even Egypt is called Babylon, and even Jerusalem has been called Babylon. New York City has been called Babylon. Washington DC has been called Babylon. Austin has been called Babylon. It's a metaphor common in the world of our culture. Here's a one that points to the old Babylon, Jeremiah fifty one seven. Babylon has been a cup in the Lord's hand that made all the earth drunken of her wine. Therefore, the nations are mad. So there's parallels made with ancient Babylon with this woman.