Isaiah 47:11

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Therefore shall evil come on you; you shall not know the dawning of it: and mischief shall fall on you; you shall not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you don't know.

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Babylon, the great city on the Euphrates in Mesopotamia, was the capital of the Chaldean (Neo-Babylonian) empire in southern Mesopotamia. Isaiah addresses this proud imperial power as doomed: its wealth, sorcery, and apparent security cannot avert the sudden judgment God declares.

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Isaiah 47:11 mentions Babylon and Chaldea.

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Chaldea — Chaldea · M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA.