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I. THE AMBITIOUS BUILDERS.

1. Worldly wisdom.

2. Desire for worldly power.

3. Worldly pride.

II. THE SUPREME RULER.

1. God looked.

2. God intervened.

3. God governed. So it is always.God restrains the power of evil, and makes it serve Him (Psalm 76:10). LEARN:

1. Not to be self-willed, proud, ambitious.

2. To submit to God's will, and trust always in His wisdom and love.

(W. S. Smith, B. D.)

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KJV: Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

WEB: Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.