"Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon / Has devoured me, he has crushed me; / He has made me an empty vessel, / He has swallowed me up like a monster; / He has filled his stomach with my delicacies, / He has spit me out. Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon,” / The inhabitant of Zion will say; / “And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea!” / Jerusalem will say."
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Book of Jeremiah 54,34-35 NKJV.
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Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar II, also Nebuchadrezzar II, was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from the death of his father Nabopolassar in 605 BC to his own death in 562 BC. Often titled Nebuchadnezzar the Great, he is regarded as the empire's greatest king, famous for his military campaigns in the Levant and their role in Jewish history, and for his construction projects in his capital of Babylon, including the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Ruling for 43 years, Nebuchadnezzar was the longes
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