General Notice + It is not permitted to copy or print any part of this book without the consent of the author. + The book is available from St George Church Kensington, Saint George Church Coptic Orthodox Church 3A Post Office Box 52 Kensington NSW 2033 And in Shoubra - And in the And if the copies run out we will reprint another edition as most of the proceedings of this work goes towards the HOLY BIBLE Activities. You can obtain a copy by ringing Or Or via mail Wattle Grove NSW 2173 Sydney Australia Or Roud Elfarag Shoubra Misr Contents Preface - His Grace Bishop Moussa Bishop of Youth. Introduction – Reverend Hegomen Fr Marcos Tawfik. Thank you Words from the author Chapter One: Firstly: Persons by the Names of BARUCH Secondly: The author of the book Thirdly: the language in which the book was written Fourthly: the time on which the book was written Fifthly: when do we read it in our Coptic Church Sixthly: its position in the Holy Bible. Chapter Two: Firstly: the authenticity of the Book. Secondly: the sections of the book Chapter Three: Meditations on the book Chapter One: Repentance Chapter Two: Justice Chapter Three: Wisdom Chapter Four: Punishment for good. Chapter Five: Salvation Chapter Six: the epistle of Jeremiah Chapter Four The book of Baruch Chapter Five Objections against the book of Baruch Other books for the author References + Preface - His Grace Bishop Moussa Our beloved Deacon Ehab has made us accustomed to have a well researched and presented Bible studies, and especially in the Second Canonical books, which are not usually visited in our general Bible studies or our meetings, even though it is repeated so many times in the Church's readings. HE HAS PRESENTED TO US THE BOOK OF Tobit, the book of Judith, the book of Continuation of Daniel, and here he is presenting to us an excellent and deep study into the book of Baruch. He gave us in this study an in-depth of: The author of the book and his relationship with Jeremiah. The authenticity of the book from the sayings of the fathers (Patrology), and references from the New Testament. Sections of the book, the introduction, a historical view, a call for repentance and wisdom, the prophet's sayings on incarnation and the trinity … the epistle of Jeremiah by the hand of Baruch to the Jews telling them about the exile to come, and how it is going to continue for seven generations. Meditations on the book: Chapter one: repentance with other important explanations and maps, and who repentance involve tears and prayer and fasting. Chapter 2: Justice and condemnation of injustice and being harsh hearted. Chapter 3: wisdom and Jesus Christ is the source of wisdom. Chapter 4: punishment for edification, for they offered to Satan, and that is why the Lord allowed for their exile by a notorious enemy. Chapter 5: salvation, for the Lord will free them in joy and in the light of His glory and out of His merciful justice. Chapter 6: the letter of Jeremiah and that was directed from Jeremiah to the Jews, to be prepared for exile because of their sins, and to let them know that the exile will last for seven generations. And this is exactly what happened. This is truly an excellent study with a great toil, as you will find out from reading it, as you get to know the meaning of names, and maps, and without deviating form the spiritual and Christian meaning, which the relationship of Our Lord with the book and His relationships with us. I am really pleased with the efforts of Ehab and I request from him to continue this kind of studies for the benefit of the beloved readers, and in particular the young Coptic youth, as he plans to have it in English for them here in the land of immigration. May the Lord bless every work for the glory of His Name, by the prayers of our beloved Shepard and the giver of our contemporary revival His Holiness Pope Shenouda the Third. The Grace of the Lord be with you. Anba Moussa The general Bishop of the Youth. + Introduction – Reverend Hegomen Father Marcos Khela The words that I speak to you are spirit, and life. (John 6:63). This is how Our Lord Jesus has explained his words and the Gospel, and this is how he should us the importance of the Holy Bible, for it tells us and commands us and teaches us for indeed it is a spirit and life. Blessed is the man who hides his words in his heart and in his memory in order not to sin so that the words of God become light unto my path and all his ways. Here my beloved reader we meet again with an excellent new series, form the blessed and enjoyable series which our beloved brother and theological deacon Ehab Raif Wahib has started, for he has produced the book of Tobit, and the book of Judith and the completions of Daniel and here he is in continuous research in the second canonical books produce to us the book of Baruch, an effort that relay deserve its appreciation, for the research was in precision of words, in consistency and ease, in abundance of information and spirituality in depth and true historical sequence, which made the whole book a sweet pure delicious fruit. This which the researcher looks at and wait for, and the reader delight in it to live in great love to the Holy Bible with the two testaments. The loving Lord bless the work and the service of this blessed and beloved brother to work and work in continues struggle and faithful search. May this book and many of what has been produced and will be produced be a blessing in the life of many by the prayer and pleadings of the whole pure and mother of true light, holy virgin St Mary, and the prince of Martyrs St George the patron of our Church, and through the prayers of the one sitting on the throne of Saint Mark the father of fathers and shepard of shepards and the universal teacher His Holiness Pope Shenouda the third and his partner in the apostolic ministry His Grace bishop Mossa, bishop of youth. The loving Lord preserves their lives for us 3rd of Baounah 10 of June Departure of Anba Abrram Bishop of Faioum and Reverend Hegomen Father Marcos Khela Servant of the Alter of the Prince of + Words of Thank you In the name of the Holy Trinity. I thank the Lord from the depth of my heart that He gave me the chance my beloved reader to meet again with you for the fourth time, for after the edition of Tobit has run our and we reprinted it for the second time and the completions of the book Judith and the completions of Daniel, we present to you the fourth book the prophecy of Baruch. I thank the Lord that he gave me grace and guidance to finish the research into the book of Baruch. I thank the Lord who gave me to finish the book that is between your hands and I ask Him to give strength to blessings to finish the rest of the second canonical books, so that I might be belittled and say I have offered something small to my mother the Coptic orthodox Church, that which gives us without limits and this might be a small return form what we have taken. I thank the Lord for giving me my second son Athansious Jeremiah and it is known that Jeremiah the prophet was the one who dictated Baruch what to write. I would like to thank my dear wife Eman which is still struggling at all time to give the time and the serenity to research and read, and thank Emad Ghaly who revised the work and typed it and His Grace Bishop Moussa who encouraged me, with Rev Fr Marcos Khela and Mr Karam Adel and Dr May the Lord bless you all for if it was not for your support and encouragement and love I would have probably stopped at the first book. May the Lord make this book a cause of blessing to you and myself by the prayers of St Mary and the St George the Roman and St Mosses the Black and Baruch the Prophet and Jeremiah the prophet and by the prayers of His Holiness Pope Shenouda the Third and his partner in the apostolic ministry his grace bishop Moussa. Remember me in your prayers. Ehab Raif Wahib. + In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God Amen. This book is known by the book of Baruch but because it is the only book in the second canonical books which has been formatted in a similar way to that which is in the Old Testament, especially the books of Jeremiah and Daniel, that it why it was called the prophecy of Baruch in the Hebrew translations. It is an excellent and fascinating book full of prophecies about Our Lord Jesus and the most famous prophecy which prove the incarnation of Our Lord Jesus Christ and it was used by St Athanasious the apostolic in answering the Arian heresy ( Baruch 3:36,37). In it you find guidance to the soul to repent and how the man who runs away from God, the love of God does not depart form him but rather work to punish and edify and work on purifying him to come back to the open arms of the Lord. When we did not hear he did not leave us to our sins and here we find ourselves alone because of our sins, but after repentance and self repression; life changes and our state changes and we go back to Him and He come back to us, and we feel the warms of His Hands. In it we see how the Lord work of warning us so many times form false Gods that harm and does not benefit, these Gods are not necessarily idols but could be love of money, or lust of the flesh or TV addiction or anything that hinders you from connecting to the Lord. In it we also find excellent teachings of prayer for the leaders and the kings and all those who are in responsible position. May the Lord make this book a source of blessing for all of those who read it, by the blessing of Baruch the prophet and the blessing of the mother of God St Mary and the great St George and the prayers of our father the honored pope Shenouda the Third and his partner in the apostolic ministry his grace bishop Moussa the general bishop. Remember me in your prayers. The author. FIRST CHAPTER Firstly: People By The Name Of Baruch Secondly: The Author Of The Book Thirdly: The Language In Which The Book Was Written Fourthly: The Place In Which It Was Written. Fifthly: When Is It Read In Our Coptic Church Sixthly: Its Place In The Holy Bible. Firstly: People by the name of Baruch: Baruch is a Hebrew word which means blessed, and in Coptic it is Makari, and the word was mentioned in the holy Bible as names for three people, one of them was Baruch the author of the book and whom we are studying in this book. The first: is Baruch the son of Zabbai that was mentioned in the book of Nehemiah, who rebuilt part of the wall of carefully repaired the other section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. (Nehemiah 3:20). Baruch was one of the elders of the people and the Levites and priests that were sealed in the covenant that was made by al the people as one man to abide in the commandment. '6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch "(Nehemiah 10:6). The second: is Baruch son of Khalhosa, or the son of Maaseiah that which was one of the elders of the people that returned with the lots to the inhabitants of the city of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. " (Nehemiah 11:5). The third: is Baruch the son of Neraiah, son of Mahseiah, son of Zedekiah, son of Hasadiah, son of Hilkiah. Secondly: the author of the book: The author of the book is Baruch the son of Neraiah, son of Mahseiah, son of Zedekiah, son of Hasadiah, son of Hilkiah.. the book was written in deed, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison. (Jeremiah 32:12). He wrote his prophecy 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote on a scroll of a book, at the instruction of Jeremiah, all the words of the LORD which He had spoken to him. 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, "I am confined, I cannot go into the house of the LORD. 6 You go, therefore, and read from the scroll which you have written at my instruction, the words of the LORD, in the hearing of the people in the LORD's house on the day of fasting. And you shall also read them in the hearing of all Judah who come from their cities. 7 It may be that they will present their supplication before the LORD, and everyone will turn from his evil way. For great is the anger and the fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people." 8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from the book the words of the LORD in the LORD's house. (Jeremiah 36:4-8). 32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it at the instruction of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of He is his faithful disciple: 10 Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court at the entry of the New Gate of the LORD's house, in the hearing of all the people.( Jeremiah 36:10). He was from a noble family: The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of As Yousiuofious mentions he was a man of great capabilities and he was capable of reaching into high status and he knew that, but forsook this ambition because of Jeremiah's advice. And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring adversity on all flesh," says the LORD. "But I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go."'" (Jeremiah 45:5). Baruch was the faithful friend to Jeremiah the prophet. A picture of Baruch and Jeremiah next to him. The book was named after him, because he wrote the first five chapters, and the sixth chapter is the letter of Jeremiah, for Jeremiah the prophet wrote a letter to the Jews who were about to be taken by the king of Babylon to exile in Babylon. Baruch the author of the book used to work as scrip for Jeremiah, and he wrote what Jeremiah used to dictate to him. He was faithful to Jeremiah and was a close friend to him, and they both toiled and struggled and was persecuted together by Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of The holy Bible tells us a lot about Baruch. For when Jeremiah was in prison after he bought the field of his uncle Hanamel the son of Shallum that was in Anathoth, he took the deed of purchase and entrusted Baruch to keep it. And Jeremiah said, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying, 7 "Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, "Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it."' 8 Then Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said to me, "Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption yours; buy it for yourself.' Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. 9 So I bought the field from Hanamel, the son of my uncle who was in Anathoth, and weighed out to him the money--seventeen shekels of silver. 10 And I signed the deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales. 11 So I took the purchase deed, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open; 12 and I gave the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the purchase deed, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison. (Jeremiah 32:6-12). For Jeremiah entrusted Baruch to keep all his documents. Again when Jeremiah was in the prison he called for Baruch and dictated what God has inspired Him to write in the prophecy and he wrote on the deck with ink. Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote on a scroll of a book, at the instruction of Jeremiah, all the words of the LORD which He had spoken to him.(Jeremiah 36:4). By the order of Jeremiah Baruch read the book in the hearing of all the people in the house of the Lord in the great day of fasting. You go, therefore, and read from the scroll which you have written at my instruction, the words of the LORD, in the hearing of the people in the LORD's house on the day of fasting. And you shall also read them in the hearing of all Judah who come from their cities. (Jeremiah 36:6). As he also read it in the hearing of those who dwelled in son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, "Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read in the hearing of the people, and come." So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them. 15 And they said to him, "Sit down now, and read it in our hearing." So Baruch read it in their hearing. (Jeremiah 36:14,15). When they heard the words they became so scared and they asked Baruch to escape and take Jeremiah with him and hide from the face of Jehoiakim. 19 Then the princes said to Baruch, "Go and hide, you and Jeremiah; and let no one know where you are."(Jeremiah 36:19). It happened that when the king heard what was written in the book that he got extremely angry that he took the book and through it in the fire. 22 Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, with a fire burning on the hearth before him. 23 And it happened, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that the king cut it with the scribe's knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. (Jeremiah 36:22, 23). The King asked to capture Baruch the scrip and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord Hide them and they did not find them. Jeremiah was inspired by the Holy Spirit to write again, so he took another scroll and dictated the book again to Baruch : Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it at the instruction of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of The Bible tells us that the people of Judah did not hear to the words of the Lord on the mouth of Jeremiah regarding the stay in the land of Judah and not going to Egypt, for they resisted him and Baruch, and took them by force with the rest of the people of Judah and the daughters of the king to the Land of Egypt at the city of Tahpanhes. Now it happened, when Jeremiah had stopped speaking to all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, all these words, 2 that Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, "You speak falsely! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, "Do not go to carry us away captive to of where they had been driven-- 6 men, women, children, the king's daughters, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah. 7 So they went to the they went as far as Tahpanhes. (Jeremiah 43:1-7). His departure: There are a lot of postulations about his departure, for it is not known exactly when he departed, for where he was buried, for some of the old Jewish Traditions that says: 1 when Baruch was in Babylon, when Nebuchadnezzar defeated Khafraa the pharoh of Egypt, he took Baruch and Jeremiah to become teachers to Ezra, while Ezra refused departing from Judah to go to Babylon till the death of His Teacher Baruch, and this is the most accepted opinion. Another says that when Baruch came back from Jereom believes that he died in The character of Baruch had a great role in the life of Jeremiah and his service, which made so many of the generations that, came after to mention him and to write a lot of books about him. 1. The revelation of Baruch 2. The book of Baruch 3. The completion of the sayings of Baruch. 4. The Gnostic book of Baruch 5. The book of Baruch written in Latin. 6. The book of Baruch written in Greek and goes back to the second century. 7. Another book of Baruch that goes back to the fourth and fifth century. Thirdly: the language in which the book was written: The book of Baruch was originally written in Hebrew and was considered as an integral part of the book of Jeremiah, The book was in circulation in Hebrew, and this was the case till the second century when Taodosion translated it to Greek. The Hebrew virgin has some how disappeared. Fourthly: the time in which it was written. The book was written in Fifthly: when do we read it in our Coptic Orthodox Church. The book is read in the feast of epiphany, where there has been prophecies about the incarnation (Baruch 3:36 - 4:4). (The deacon service book). A part of the prayer of Baruch is read in the praises of the Joyous Saturday (the night of Apocalypse) (The deacon service book). Sixthly: where is its place in the Holy Bible: It comes after the Lamentations of Jeremiah and is appreciated by (Ba) and there are six chapters and 213 verses. SECOND CHAPTER Firstly: The Authenticity Of The Book Secondly: The Sections Of The Book. Firstly: the authenticity of the book. All the Orthodox and The author of (the guidance of the seekers of the Holy Bible - We have mentioned before in this series of books the names and dates of the councils that was held and declared the authenticity of the second canonical books that was collected after Ezra and one of them was Baruch. We have mentioned previously that it was among the Books that was inspired, and was mentioned in the cannons of the apostles and the law of Ibn Elasal. We also add that it was mentioned in the writings of St John Chrysostom (one of the forefathers of the Fourth Century) who said " as there are no questions about the book of Jeremiah, so we do for the book of Baruch, as no one should doubt the authenticity of the book as well as the rest of books that the Church has accepted to be of the same status of the rest of the books of the Holy Bible. It has also been mentioned in the book (The refuge for the student of the book dilemma) that so many of our forefathers the saints of the first generation of Christianity have used the book of Baruch in their writings sermons and letters. St Eklemandas the Alexandrian (in the book of the educator chapter 1:10, 2:3), and also St Dionysius the Alexandrian (in his book the tenth questioner), also Pope Athanasious the apostolic (in talks against Arias the heretic), and also St Tertilian, and St Keprianos, St Ousabious, St Cyril of Jerusalem, St Basil, and St John Chrysostom have all mentioned the book of Baruch in their writings. Looking into the writings of the fathers of the council of Nicea and before the council of Nicea and post Nicean fathers, we will discover what was mentioned about the book of Baruch, to prove how the fathers of the Church have confirmed the book of Baruch, before the split, so how do the protestant deny the book after the split? St John Chrysostom says: As there are no questions about the book of Jeremiah, so we do for the book of Baruch, as no one should doubt the authenticity of the book as well as the rest of books that the Church has accepted, but rather we have to give it the same status as the rest of the books of the Holy Bible. St Athanasious have also used the book of Baruch, with one of the verses in his second article against Arias, and also in his first article about the Lord Jesus Christ. [37] Afterward he appeared upon earth and lived among men. (Baruch 3:38). The sayings of the fathers of Nicea: St Athanasious used the book of Baruch in answering Arias in defending the divinity of the Son saying: as you have heard what Moses and Isaiah the prophet have said about the son, hear also what Jeremiah have said in regards to the truth:[35] This is our God; no other can be compared to him! [36] He found the whole way to knowledge, and gave her to Jacob his servant And to He also used the words of Jeremiah the prophet from the book of Baruch," Jeremiah was a prophet inspired from God, as he knew that God the eternal, the only begotten son of God is one in nature with God the Father and these are his words: This is our God; no other can be compared to him! (Baruch 3:35)". St Athanasious also used the book of Baruch in saying: " In the Old Testament there are twenty two books complete in numbers that have been handed among the Jews from generation to generation, and these are : Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, after these there are the book of Kings, and these are First Kings, and Second Kings counted as one book ; Third and Fourth Kings counted as one book, also there is First and Second Chronicles counted as one book. First and Second Ezra counted as one book, then the book of Isaiah, the book of Jeremiah, the Revelation of Baruch and the letter in one book, then the book of Ezekiel and Daniel. All of which form the Old Testament. Also from the sayings of the forefathers "Don't you know that the one who was found from the Father and after that became Man is God Himself? So let us hear what the prophet has said: This is our God; no other can be compared to him! [36] He found the whole way to knowledge, and gave her to Jacob his servant and to and lived among men. "(Baruch 3:37) and this last verse is from the mouth of St Cyril, for many of the Greek and Latin forefathers had it as a prophecy for the incarnation. St Cyril of The New Testament present to us two examples of the remarks left on the author: 1. The Lord Jesus Christ: in the faith of the He is the incarnation of God's wisdom as The words here are from the mouth of our Lord Jesus Christ answering Baruch, given to us by St John the beloved : 13 No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.( John 3:13). 2. The prophet educates the people and says: [7] for you provoked him who made you, by sacrificing to demons and not to God. (Baruch 4:7). We see St Secondly: Sections of the Book: The book is divided into two Parts: Part One: this involves the first five chapters that were written by Baruch the prophet. Part Two: the sixth and last chapter is the letter of Jeremiah Part One: Part one consists of two sections: The first section: From (chapter 1 to chapter 3:8), it includes an introduction and a historical account, as it mentions that the book was written in the fifth year of the destruction and exile of In this section Baruch remind the people how they have sinned against God, and how they deserve His Judgments in punishing them, and how they were to fall under the hands of an idol-worshipping nation. Then again he prophesied that because of their return to God while in the land of exile, they will return to their own land and God will make an eternal covenant with them. The second section: From (chapter 3:9 to chapter 5), it details how the people return to God, the source of all wisdom. How they are educated, become wise and understand the ways of the Lord. How they present truthful repentance and how they seek Him and He saves them. In this section also Baruch asks them to please God and not to worship Satan. Then he promises The Incarnation: In chapter 3, he talks about the incarnation of God the word for the salvation of humanity, and that His kingdom expands on the face of the Earth. O Israel, how great is the house of God! And how vast the territory that he possesses! (Baruch 3:24). He also talks in the same prophecy about the second Hypostasis that came down from heaven and went up again. Who has gone up into heaven, and taken His, and brought His down from the clouds? (Baruch 3:29) He then confirms the truth of the incarnation "Afterward He appeared upon earth and lived among men."(Baruch 3:37). The holy trinity: In the fourth chapter he points to this believe by saying (For I have put my hope in the Everlasting = pointing towards the Father = to save you, and joy has come to me from the Holy One = pointing towards the Holy Spirit = because of the mercy which soon will come to you from your everlasting Savior = pointing towards the Son the word, the savior of all men). (Baruch 4:22) Part Two: The Letter of Jeremiah is counted as the second part of the book, and it involves the letter that was sent by Jeremiah the prophet by the hands of Baruch to the Jews that were about to be taken to exile by the king of Babylon, in the prophet expose the corruption of the idol worshiping and warn them from bowing to the idols that can not speak, move, and have no spirit " 16From this it is evident that they are not Gods; so do not fear them." (Baruch 6:14). In the same letter he also prophecy that the exile will continue for "3Therefore when you have come to THIRD CHAPTER Meditations on The Book Of Baruch Repentance [1] These are the words of the book which Baruch the son of Neraiah, son of Mahseiah, son of Zedekiah, son of Hasadiah, son of Hilkiah, wrote in Babylon, [2] in the fifth year, on the seventh day of the month, at the time when the Chaldeans took Jerusalem and burned it with fire. Baruch: Hebrew name which means "Blessed". Neraiah : Hebrew name which means Yahowa is a lampstand and he is the son of Mahseiah, and the father of Baruch the prophet who handed Jeremiah the deed for buying a field in front of witnesses ( Jeremiah 32:12) . He was the one who recorded the words of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 36:4). Neraiah father of Seraiah was also a quartermaster and a companion for Zedekiah the king and the messenger for Jeremiah the Prophet. 59 The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And Seraiah was the quartermaster. (Jeremiah 51:59). Mahseiah: Hebrew name which means the work of Yahowa Hasadiah: Hebrew name which means the Lord is merciful . Babylon: in Hebrew Bab Hal in the Assyrian Babylonian Bab Eli and Bab Elani meaning the door of God or door of Gods and was translated to Samaritan to the name of Ka-zanger Meaning the door of God and it is a traditional naming. Chaldeans: They used to live in Chaldea to the south of This was mentioned by Herodet the historian, as the people of Babylon believed that these priests had the wisdom, knowledge witchcraft, magic, sorcery and astrology ( Daniel 1:4, 2:2,4). 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