A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Babylon

by George Reynolds

BABYLON. The land into which the people of Judah were carried captive. This coming captivity, together with the destruction of Jerusalem, was revealed by the Lord to Lehi (B. C. 600), and his proclamation of its near approach was one of the causes that led to his maltreatment by the Jews. Nephi also received manifestations of this approaching calamity and so told his brethren, but Laman and Lemuel would receive neither his words nor those of his father. Nephi also prophesied of the destruction of Babylon (II Nephi, 25:15). Babylon is mentioned several times in the Book of Mormon in quotations from the prophet Isaiah.