A sword is upon the Chaldeans,
says the LORD,
and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Wise men. They were styled Chaldeans, and inhabited a certain part of the city, being employed in astronomical and mathematical observations. They disapproved of those who cast nativities. (Strabo xvi.)