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Merathaim was the symbolic prophetic name for Babylon in Jeremiah. It is important because it shows how the prophet intensifies judgment through interpretive renaming. First appears in Jer 50:21.1
Coordinates
32.54, 44.42
First appears
Jer 50:21
AI summary: Merathaim matters because prophetic rhetoric can turn a great empire into a moral label. The record belongs to Jeremiah's forceful denunciation of Babylon's rebellion.1
Latitude
32.54
Longitude
44.42
Bible references
1
Double rebellion, probably a symbolical name given to Babylon (Jer. 50:21), denoting rebellion exceeding that of other nations. 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.