I will make a man ... - I will so cut off and destroy the men of Babylon, that a single man to defend the city will be more rare and valuabl…

I will make a man more precious. — Both the words for man (e̓nosh and a̓dam) express, as in Psalms 8:2,…

I will make a man more precious than pure gold. Here he describes in a particular manner how cruel and savage the war carried on against B…

I will make a man more precious than fine gold
Which may denote either the scarcity of men in Babylon, through the s…

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 …