Jeremiah 51:53
“Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon,.... By means of the Merits and Persians; these were his instruments he made use…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 51:1-58
The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Cp. Isa 14:12-14.
fortify lit. cut off, i.e. render inaccessible.
the height of her strength the height of her walls.
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