Their bows also - Bows and arrows were the usual weapons of the ancients in war; and the Persians were particularly skilled in their use. Ac…

Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces. —These, as in Isaiah 22:6, Jeremiah 1:9–14, were the characteristic weapons…

And with bows they shall dash in pieces the children. Some interpret it as, they shall cut. They think that the language is exagg…

[Their] bows also shall dash their young men to pieces , &c.] That is, the bows of the Medes should dash in pieces the yo…

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 …