OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 23:13

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Behold, the land of the Chaldeans. This people didn’t exist. The Assyrians founded it for those who dwell in the wilderness. They set up their towers. They overthrew its palaces. They made it a ruin.

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Verse 13. It. Hebrew adds, “for fishermen.” It was formerly covered with water. Euseb. præp. ix.—Ruin. The fall of Babylon has been denounced. Calmet. 13.

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