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  1. Babylon or Assyria?<\/em>. It says Babylon. But the fact that the Babylonian empire will only appear about 100 years after Isaiah, leads commentators and scholars to propose that he\u2019s talking about Assyria, and not Babylon. Not to mention, that the city of Babylon was the capital of Assyria.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Clean politics<\/em>. The kingdom which will struggle against and inherit from Babylon is Medea. They are not interested in money, so it will be impossible to bribe them to forget the whole thing: \u201cBehold, I stir up the Medes against them, Who do not value silver Or delight in gold\u201d (17).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Without a shepherd or a tent<\/em>. \u201cNo Arab shall pitch his tent there, No shepherds make flocks lie down there\u201d (20). In other words – total desolation.Even nomadic sheepherders won\u2019t live in Babylon. Just desert animals – owls and ostriches; jackals and even satyrs (which could be demons).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Contrasting sounds and images<\/em>. Listen to the sounds: \u201cAnd, overcome by terror, They shall be seized by pangs and throes, Writhe like a woman in travail..\u201d (8); \u201clike havoc [shohd] from Shaddai\u201d (6); and sights such as \u201cdragons in the palaces of pleasure\u201d (22). Powerful stuff.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. When?<\/em> The day of the LORD sounds so far away; connected to the end of the world. 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