And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah—the comparison of Babylon's destruction to the annihilation of Sodom and Gomorrah, establishing that even the greatest human civilization falls before God's judgment. The acknowledgment of Babylon's former glory makes the completeness of its destruction all the more dramatic. This verse suggests that Babylon's destruction is as thorough and final as the destruction of the wicked cities.

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