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Jeremiah 50:39

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell [there],.... Of these creaturesSee Gill on "Isa 13:21"; andSee Gill on "Isa 13:22";and the owls shall dwell therein; so mystical Babylon when fallen shall become the habitation of devils, the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird, Re 18:2;and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation; interpreters observe that this was gradually accomplished: it was taken by Cyrus, and made tributary to the Persians; the seat of the empire was removed from it; its walls were demolished by Darius; it was drained both of its inhabitants and its riches through Seleucus Nicator building the city Seleucia near it.

In Adrian's time there was nothing but an old wall left; and in Jerom's time it was a park for the king of Persia to hunt in;See Gill on "Jer 50:13"; andSee Gill on "Isa 13:20"; Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 6.

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