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The details of Isaiah 13 tell a different story than what happened during the relatively bloodless fall of Babylon to the Medes and Persians... observe:
That did not happen, even in Babylon, when it fell to Cyrus. Relatively few people were actually killed at that time.
Neither did that. Sodom and Gomorrah were completely wiped off the face of the earth, while Babylon continued to prosper for many centuries after Cyrus conquered it.
Nor did any of that, at least not for many centuries.
The reality is that Isaiah is using the fall of Babylon to Cyrus as a jumping point to describe the final fall of Babylon that is further described in Jeremiah, Revelation, and elsewhere. I hope you can see that...
Isaiah 13:12 NIV I will make people scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir.
That did not happen, even in Babylon, when it fell to Cyrus. Relatively few people were actually killed at that time.
Isaiah 13:19 NIV Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Neither did that. Sodom and Gomorrah were completely wiped off the face of the earth, while Babylon continued to prosper for many centuries after Cyrus conquered it.
Isaiah 13:20-22 NIV She will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; there no nomads will pitch their tents, there no shepherds will rest their flocks. (21) But desert creatures will lie there, jackals will fill her houses; there the owls will dwell, and there the wild goats will leap about. (22) Hyenas will inhabit her strongholds, jackals her luxurious palaces. Her time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
Nor did any of that, at least not for many centuries.
The reality is that Isaiah is using the fall of Babylon to Cyrus as a jumping point to describe the final fall of Babylon that is further described in Jeremiah, Revelation, and elsewhere. I hope you can see that...
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