Jeremiah 41 - 52

Isaiah prophecied that Judah would be brought into captivity by Babylonians when they were nothing in comparison to the Assyrians. Many in Judah scoffed. During the days of Jeremiah, Babylon had achieved its greatness. Many did not believe it could be destroyed. But because of its wickedness, the Prophet Jeremiah prophecies -

"Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed..." (Old Testament Jeremiah 51:8)

even the extent that -

"...it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation." (Old Testament Jeremiah 50:39)

And then to confirm his prophecy, Jeremiah -

"...commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.
61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
62 Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah." (Old Testament Jeremiah 51:59 - 64)

It seems that forever more, the term Babylon symbolizes the wickedness of the world. To the elders of his modern Church, the Lord counseled -

"...Go ye out from among the nations, even from Babylon, from the midst of wickedness, which is spiritual Babylon." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 133:14)

In these days -

"...the voice of the Lord is unto the ends of the earth, that all that will hear may hear:
12 Prepare ye, prepare ye for that which is to come, for the Lord is nigh;
13 And the anger of the Lord is kindled, and his sword is bathed in heaven, and it shall fall upon the inhabitants of the earth.
14 And the arm of the Lord shall be revealed; and the day cometh that they who will not hear the voice of the Lord, neither the voice of his servants, neither give heed to the words of the prophets and apostles, shall be cut off from among the people;
15 For they have strayed from mine ordinances, and have broken mine everlasting covenant;
16 They seek not the Lord to establish his righteousness, but every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol, which waxeth old and shall perish in Babylon, even Babylon the great, which shall fall." (Doctrine and Covenants Section 1:11 - 16)