We, at the Eth Cepher, refer to Babylon as Babel, which is consistent with its Hebrew name, which is spelled beit, beit, lamed (BBL).  This name has its own intrinsic meaning.  The letter beit is the letter which means 'the house' (and is the word for house, such as Beyt Lechem, or Bethlehem, the house of bread).  Of course, the placement of a beit (b) also works as a prefix in the Hebrew, meaning in. 

Let’s take a look at the name Zerubbabel.  This name can be broken down a couple of ways.  We can easily see that the name contains the place babel.  So, the name is Zerub of babel.  That is one understanding; however, consider if the first beit (b) instead means in.  Zeru in Babel (which would be spelled Zeru’b’babel) is the other meaning. 

Now, take a look at the name Babel.  Suppose we use the same understanding, using the beit (b) as the prefix meaning in, i.e., b’Bel, meaning in Bel? This becomes more understandable when we realize that Bel is another name for Ba’al (which translates literally as Lord, Master, or Husband).  Therefore, the word b’Bel (b’Ba’al) means in Ba’al.  However, there is more in this implication because the letter beit (b) also means house.  B’bel may then also mean the house in Ba’al, or the house in the land of Ba’al.  This gives us an understanding of the condition of the captivity in Babel during the time of Danie’l – which is that the house of Yahudah was a house captive in Ba’al. 

Consider, however, that this may also be the opposite.  The house of Ba’al is lodged within the larger house of EL.  B (bl) L.

This may explain how two judgments fall on America.  One judgment is the judgment that comes upon the nation as we assume the garments of Yisra’el, declaring that “the bricks have fallen, we shall rebuild with hewn stones” which is discussed in Yesha’yahu 10 and 11; the second judgment comes on Babel – the house of Ba’al within the house of Yisra’el, and this is discussed in detail in the coming verses.