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Sheshach

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(sshee' sshach) Code word Jeremiah used to indicate Babylon (Jeremiah 25:26; Jeremiah 51:41 ). The code uses the first word of the alphabet for the last, the second for the next to last, and so on. In English a would stand for z , b for y , and so on.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Sheshach'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​s/sheshach.html. 1991.
 
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