A VOICE FROM BABYLON

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, June 24, 1880

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 56, No. 1

A VOICE FROM BABYLON.

In Nebuchadnezzar’s “Standard Inscription,” he says: “With bricks made as hard as stones, I made a way for the branch of the Shimat to the waters of the Yapur Shapu, the great reservoir of Babylon. With two long embankments of brick and mortar, I built the side of the ditch. Across the river, to the west, I built the walls of Babylon with brick. The reservoir I filled completely with water. Besides the outer wall, I constructed inside of Babylon a fortification such as no king had ever made before me, namely, a long rampart five miles square, as an extra defense against presumptuous enemies. Great waters I made use of continually. I did not allow the waters to overflow, but the fullness of the floods I caused to flow on, restraining them with a brick embankment. Thus I completely made strong the defenses of Babylon. May it stand forever.”