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Isaiah 47:5

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silent: Isaiah 13:20, Isaiah 14:23; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalms 31:17, Psalms 46:10; Jeremiah 25:10; Lamentations 1:1; Habakkuk 2:20; Zechariah 2:13; Matthew 22:12-13; Jude 1:13; Revelation 18:21-24

for: After Babylon was taken by Cyrus, instead of being "the lady of kingdoms," the metropolis of a great empire, and mistress of all the East, it became subject to the Persians; and the imperial seat being removed to Susa, instead of having a king, it had only a deputy residing there, who governed it as a province of the Persian empire. Isaiah 47:7, Isaiah 13:19, Isaiah 14:4; Daniel 2:37-38; Revelation 17:3-5, Revelation 17:18, Revelation 18:7, Revelation 18:16-19

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