interpret these passages on Babylon not to be real Babylon past or future, but Babylon represents the United States of America. When one points out that these prophecies mention the Euphrates River, which is in Babylonia, they claim that the river is not really the Euphrates; it is the Hudson River in New York City! That would surprise prophets like Jeremiah, among others. And so, in this third view, this is the final restoration; this is the fulfillment of those prophecies, at least in the initial