And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Gomorrha. Towards the end of the Macedonian empire. (Calmet)
The Persians kept wild beasts in it. (St. Jerome)
The palace of Nabuchodonosor subsisted in the days of Benjamin, (Calmet) but could not be approached on account of serpents. (Tudel. p. 70.)