Babel Throughout the Bible

1 Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words.
2 It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the
land of Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to one another, “Come, let
us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they used brick for
stone, and they used tar for mortar. 4 They said, “Come, let us build for
ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let
us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad
over the face of the whole earth.”
- Genesis 11:1-4 NASB
BABEL THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE

5 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons
of men had built. 6 The LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and
they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do,
and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.
7“Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they
will not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So the LORD scattered
them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they
stopped building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called Babel,
because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth;
and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the
whole earth.

12For the LORD of hosts will have a day of reckoning Against
everyone who is proud and lofty and against everyone who is lifted up,
That he may be abased. 13And it will be against all the cedars of
Lebanon that are lofty and lifted up, Against all the oaks of Bashan,
14Against all the lofty mountains, Against all the hills that are lifted up,
15Against every high tower, Against every fortified wall, 16Against all
the ships of Tarshish and against all the beautiful craft. 17The pride of
man will be humbled And the loftiness of men will be abased; And the
LORD alone will be exalted in that day, 18But the idols will completely
vanish.
- Isaiah 2:12-18 NASB

20And the LORD said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed
great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. 21“I will go down now, and
see if they have done entirely according to its outcry, which has come
to Me; and if not, I will know.”

I know that You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be
thwarted.
- Job 42:2 NASB

“Not even God himself could sink this ship.”
— Employee of the White Star Line, at the launch of the Titanic,
May 31, 1911

And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your
name great; And so you shall be a blessing;
- Genesis 12:2 NASB

10The name of the LORD is a strong tower;
The righteous runs into it and is safe.
11A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own imagination.
12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
But humility goes before honor.
- Proverbs 18:10-12 NASB

and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, "BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH."
- Revelation 17:5 NASB

13“But you said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.
14‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
- Isaiah 14:13-14 NASB

8“Now, then, hear this, you sensual one,
Who dwells securely,
Who says in your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one besides me.
I will not sit as a widow,
Nor know loss of children.’
10“You felt secure in your wickedness and said,
‘No one sees me,’
Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you;
For you have said in your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’
- Isaiah 47:8 & 10 NASB

Babel Throughout the Bible