Lux Domini
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

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Interpretation

Babylon was a flat country, abundantly watered. The destruction of Babylon, so often prophesied of by Isaiah, was typical of the destruction of the great foe of the New Testament church, foretold in the Revelation.

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This thought runs through Isaiah 21:1-4.

Glossary

Babylon Place
Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Babylon.
Elam Place
Biblical region. Modern identification: Shush.
Media Place
Biblical region. Modern identification: Tell Hagmatana.