13:19 Babylon, the most admired 1 of kingdoms,
the Chaldeans’ source of honor and pride, 2
will be destroyed by God
just as Sodom and Gomorrah were. 3
[13:19] 1 tn Or “most beautiful” (NCV, TEV).
[13:19] 2 tn Heb “the beauty of the pride of the Chaldeans.”
[13:19] 3 tn Heb “and Babylon…will be like the overthrow by God of Sodom and Gomorrah.” On מַהְפֵּכַת (mahpekhat, “overthrow”) see the note on the word “destruction” in 1:7.
