Isaiah 13:19

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Interpretation

Babylon was a noble city; yet it should be wholly destroyed. None shall dwell there.

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This thought runs through Isaiah 13:19-22.

Babylon Place: Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Babylon.
Chaldea Place: Biblical region. Modern identification: Tell el Muqayyar.
Gomorrah Place: Biblical settlement. Modern identification: south of the Lisan.
Sodom Place: Burning; the walled, a city in the vale of Siddim ( Gen. 13:10 ; 14:1-16 ). The wickedness of its inhabitants brought down upon it fire from heaven, by which it was destroyed (18:16-33; 19:1-29; Deut. 23:17 ). Modern identification: south of the Lisan.