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  1. A little history<\/em>. What is the historical context for the prophecies in this chapter? <\/span>
    \n<\/span>\u201cThe Desert of the Sea Pronouncement\u201d – Prophecies regarding the downfall of Babylonia, at the hands of Eilam and Medea. The Babylonian empire was defeated in the 550 BCE, by another Mesopotamian empire – the Persians. Or, perhaps, this whole section is speaking of Assyria, which was removed from the stage of history for good by the Babylonians at the end of the 7th Century BCE.<\/span>
    \n<\/span>The end of the \u201cIn The Steppe\u201d (Arabian) Pronouncement speaks of an attack on B\u2019nei Kedar. This attack took place in the history of the area in the days of the Assyrian kings Sennecharib (704-681 BCE) and Ashurbanipal (668-626 BCE), that embarked on military campaigns in this region.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Storms from the southland<\/em> (JPS: \u201cLike the gales that race through the Negeb\u201d – verse 1). This phrase was used as an epithet for the pogroms against the Jews of south western Russia in the years 1881-1882. It is borrowed from the image used by the prophet for the catastrophe that is to befall Babylonia.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. The riddle of Duma<\/em>. Who were the people, or where was the land, called here Duma? Is it Edom? Or one of the Arabian tribes? Is the Aramaic that the watchman uses here a hint as to their identity? And is the pronouncement connected to the prophecy of destruction of Babylonia from the previous one, or to the confrontation with the Assyrians that the next pronouncement proclaims?<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Business days<\/em>. There are years, and there are years that \u201cfixed like the years of a hired laborer\u201d (shnei sachir – <\/i>v. 16). 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