Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up its towers, they raised up its palaces; and he brought it to ruin.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
It. Hebrew adds, "for fishermen. "It was formerly covered with water. (Eusebius, præp. ix.)
Ruin. The fall of Babylon has been denounced, chap. xiii.