Isa 47:1-5, Jer 50:42, 51:33, Zec 2:7 | TSK | STEP | God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea, for their unmercifulness, pride, and overboldness, shall be irresistible. down. O virgin. daughter. there is. thou shalt.

for.After Babylon was taken by Cyrus, instead of being "the lady of kingdoms," the metropolis of a great empire, and mistress of all the East, it became subject to the Persians; and the imperial seat being removed to Susa, instead of having a king, it had only a deputy residing there, who governed it as a province of the Persian empire.

7; 13:19; 14:4; Da 2:37,38; Re 17:3-5,18; 18:7,16-19

‏ Jeremiah 50:42

hold.

6:22,23

they are cruel.

Ps 74:20; 137:8,9; Isa 13:17,18; 14:6; 47:6; Hab 1:6-8; Jas 2:13

Re 16:6

their voice.

Ps 46:2,3,6; Isa 5:30

shall ride.

8:16; 47:3; Isa 5:28; Hab 1:8; Re 19:14-18

‏ Jeremiah 51:33

is like.

Isa 21:10; 41:15,16; Am 1:3; Mic 4:13; Hab 3:12

it is time to thresh her. or, in the time that he threshethher. the time.

Isa 17:5-11; 18:5; Ho 6:11; Joe 3:13; Mt 13:30,39; Re 14:15-20

‏ Zechariah 2:7

Deliver.

Ge 19:17; Nu 16:26,34; Isa 48:20; 52:11; Jer 50:8; 51:6,45; Ac 2:40

Re 18:4

that.

Isa 52:2; Mic 4:10

daughter.The Babylonians were vanquished by the Persians, formerly their servants, under Darius Hystaspes, who took Babylon after a siege of twelve months, demolished its walls, and put 300,000 of the inhabitants to death.