"Failed prophecies" in the Bible, the fall of Babylon, and the formation of the canon of Scripture
People sometimes ask about "failed prophecies" in the Bible, either in reference to the fall of Babylon in the Old Testament, or Jesus and his Second Coming that is somehow connected to the destruction of the Temple in Matthew 24 (which fell in 70 CE), or the fall of Rome and Second Coming in Revelation. For example, both Isaiah 13 and Jeremiah 50–51 contain oracles against Babylon predicting a calamitous fall of the city at the hands of the Medes (Isa 13:17; cf. Jer 51:11). Some of the lines are very similar: "Hence, wildcats shall dwell there with hyenas, and ostriches occupy it; Never again shall it be inhabited or settled, from age to age. As happened when God overturned Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors—oracle of the Lord—No one shall dwell there, no mortal shall settle there." (Jer 50:39-40 NABRE) "And Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the glory and pride of the Chaldeans, Shall become like Sodom and Gomorrah, overthrown by God. It shall...
