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21But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

Isaiah 13:21

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 19-22)

The great havoc and destruction which it was foretold should be made by the Medes and Persians in Babylon here end in the final destruction of it. 1. It is allowed that Babylon was a noble city. It was the glory of kingdoms and the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency ; it was that head of gold ( Dan. 2:37 , 38 ); it was called the lady of kingdoms (Isa. 47:5), the praise of the whole earth (Jer. 51...

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