Isaiah 47 predicts that Babylon will be reduced to dust: "Go down, sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne... no more will you be called queen of kingdoms". The text goes on to say that God had allowed Babylon to castigate Israel to fulfill his will, but they had exaggerated and acted cruelly "and showed no mercy... you have trusted in your wickedness... a catastrophe you cannot foresee will suddenly come upon you". The text goes on to condemn Babylon's use of magic spells, sorceries, astrologers and stargazers who will be unable to do anything for them.
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