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13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans: [a]this people was not; the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness; they set up [b]their towers; they [c]overthrew the palaces thereof; they made it a ruin.

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  1. Isaiah 23:13 Or, This people is no more; the Assyrian hath appointed it for the beasts of the wilderness
  2. Isaiah 23:13 Or, the towers thereof
  3. Isaiah 23:13 Or, raised up

13 Look at the land of the Babylonians,[a](A)
    this people that is now of no account!
The Assyrians(B) have made it
    a place for desert creatures;(C)
they raised up their siege towers,(D)
    they stripped its fortresses bare
    and turned it into a ruin.(E)

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  1. Isaiah 23:13 Or Chaldeans