Which Country Is Babylon Today?

The region where the ancient city of Babylon once stood is in present-day Iraq. This city was once world-famous for its “Hanging Gardens,” but today it no longer exists its wonders have completely vanished!

Why? Because Babylon was a wicked city, full of sin, and God judged it. The place where it once stood is now nothing but desolate ruins, exactly as God had foretold through prophecy.

Isaiah 13:19–22

“And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.”

So today, nothing remains! It is only preserved as an ancient archaeological site.

Remember: Satan first raised up the original Babylon, which God destroyed by confusing the language of its builders bringing their great project to an end (Genesis 11). But Satan did not give up. He later raised another Babylon, which was eventually conquered and reduced to ruins by the Medes and the Persians.

Now, in these last days, Satan has raised yet another Babylon this time a spiritual Babylon. And this one is far worse than the first two. It is the very center of abominations and corruption in the world, just as foretold in Revelation 17.