Isaiah 13:19-22

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19 H894 And Babylon, H6643 the splendor H4467 of kingdoms, H8597 the beauty H3778 of the Chaldees' H1347 excellency, H430 shall be as when God H4114 overthrew H5467 Sodom H6017 and Gomorrah.

20 H5331 It shall never H3427 [H8799] be inhabited, H7931 [H8799] neither shall it be dwelt H1755 in from generation H1755 to generation: H6163 neither shall the Arabian H167 [H8762] pitch tent H7462 [H8802] there; neither shall the shepherds H7257 [H8686] make their fold there.

21 H6728 But wild beasts of the desert H7257 [H8804] shall lie H1004 there; and their houses H4390 [H8804] shall be full H255 of doleful creatures; H1323 H3284 and owls H7931 [H8804] shall dwell H8163 there, and satyrs H7540 [H8762] shall dance there.

22 H338 And the wild beasts of the isles H6030 [H8804] shall answer H490 in their desolate houses, H8577 and dragons H6027 in their pleasant H1964 palaces: H6256 and her time H7138 is near H935 [H8800] to come, H3117 and her days H4900 [H8735] shall not be prolonged.

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Babylon.Babylon, whose destruction and utter ruin are here predicted, was situated in the midst of a large plain, having a very deep and fruitful soil, on the Euphrates, about 252 miles south-east of Palmyra, and the same distance north-west of Susa and the Persian gulf, in lat. 32 degrees 30' N. and long. 44 degrees 20' E. According to Herodotus, it formed a perfect square, each side of which was 120 stadia, and consequently its circumference 480 stadia, or sixty miles; inclosed by a wall 200 cubits high, and fifty wide, on the top of which were small watch towers of one story high, leaving a space between them, through which a chariot and four might pass and turn. On each side were twenty-five gates of solid brass; from each of which proceeded a street, 150 feet broad, making in all fifty streets; which, crossing each other at right angles, intersected the city into 676 squares, extending four stadia and a half on each side, along which stood the houses, all built three or four stories high, and highly decorated towards the street; the interior of these squares being employed as gardens, pleasure grounds, etc. Its principal ornaments were the temple of Belus, having a tower of eight stories, upon a base of a quarter of a mile square; a most magnificent palace; and the famous hanging gardens, or artificial mountains raised upon arches, and planted with large and beautiful trees. Cyrus took it by diverting the waters of the Euphrates, which ran through the midst, and entering by the channel; and the river being never restored to its proper course, overflowed the whole country, and made it a morass. Darius Hystaspes afterwards depopulated the place, lowered the walls, and demolished the gates; Xerxes destroyed the temples; the building of Seleucia nearly exhausted it of its inhabitants; a king of the Parthians carried a number of them into slavery, and destroyed the most beautiful parts; so that modern travellers describe it as a mass of shapeless ruins, the habitation of wild beasts.
Isaiah 14:4-6; Isaiah 14:12-15; Jeremiah 51:41; Daniel 2:37; Daniel 2:38; Daniel 4:30
when God overthrow. Heb. the overthrowing of.
Genesis 19:24; Deuteronomy 29:23; Jeremiah 49:18; Jeremiah 50:40; Zephaniah 2:9