¹¹ He said to me, “To the ^(A)land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”

² And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in ^(A)the land of Shinar and settled there.

² And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of ^(A)the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to ^(B)the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, ^(C)and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god.

¹⁰ The beginning of his kingdom was ^(A)Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in ^(B)the land of Shinar.

^11 (A)In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, ^(B)from Assyria, ^(C)from Egypt, from ^(D)Pathros, from ^(E)Cush,^[a] from ^(F)Elam, from ^(G)Shinar, from ^(H)Hamath, and from ^(I)the coastlands of the sea.

Abram Rescues Lot

14 In the days of Amraphel king of ^(A)Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of ^(B)Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

²⁸ For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, “Your exile will be long; ^(A)build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their produce.”’”

²⁴ They will fall by the edge of the sword and ^(A)be led captive among all nations, and ^(B)Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, ^(C)until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

⁴ For the children of Israel ^(A)shall dwell many days ^(B)without king or prince, ^(C)without sacrifice or ^(D)pillar, without ^(E)ephod or ^(F)household gods.