John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 50:39

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell [there], etc.] Of these creatures (see Gill on “<231321>Isaiah 13:21-22”); 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, (<661802>Revelation 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 Seleuciaf1002 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 “<245013>Jeremiah 50:13”); and (see Gill on “<231320>Isaiah 13:20”);

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