4. What call was made to come out of Babylon?
“Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance; He will render unto her a recompense.” Jer. 51:6.
5. What did ancient Babylon do to all the nations?
“Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.” Verse 7.
6. What was the effect of this apostasy?
“Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; [pg 255] take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.” Verse 8.
7. Just before the fall of Babylon, what did her king do?
“Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.” Dan. 5:1.
8. By what command did the king repudiate the religion taught in Babylon by Daniel and others who feared God?
“Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.” Verse 2.