For the stars of heaven - This verse cannot be understood literally, but is a metaphorical representation of the calamities that were coming…

The constellations thereof. —The noun in the singular (kesîl, foolhardy, or impious) is translated as Orion in J…

For the stars of heaven. To strike our minds with a stronger and more distressing fear of God's judgment, the prophets are accustomed to a…

For the stars of heaven
This and what follows are to be understood, not literally, but figuratively, as expre ive of…

We have here the terrible desolation of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. Those who in the day of their peace were proud, and haughty, and terribl…

1. The burden of Babylon. Here the prophet threatens the Babylonians, who had captured the two tribes. This is divided into …