What is the symbolism of Babylon and Chaldeans?

Thomas R. Valletta

“As with other great ancient empires, Babylon’s ascendancy to wealth and glory was accompanied by moral decay, wickedness, and iniquity. Babylon’s corruption was so extensive that the very name became a symbol for worldliness, spiritual wickedness, and Satan’s kingdom” (Book of Mormon Student Manual [2009], 46). The Chaldeans were a subgroup of the Babylonian empire.

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