Commentary for Isaiah 13:1
מַשָּׂ֖א בָּבֶ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָזָ֔ה יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־אָמֽוֹץ׃
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Rashi on Isaiah
The harsh prophecy of Babylon The prophecy of the retribution which [will fall] upon Babylon.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
The fall of Babylon is recorded after the ruin of Assyria, because it was Babylon that conquered Assyria.1According to Ktesias, the Babylonians under Nabopolassar, with the Medes under Cyaxares, captured and destroyed Nineveh about 606 B.C.
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