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22And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

Isaiah 13:22

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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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