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It shall never be inhabited - This has been completely fulfilled. It is now, and has been for centuries, a scene of wide desolation…

Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ... —The word “Arabian” is used in its widest extent, as including all the nom…

It shall never be inhabited any more. By the verb תשב (thesheb), shall sit, he means continuance, as if he had said, “Th…

It shall never be inhabited
As it has not been since its utter destruction.
Pausanias F16 , who li…

Babylon was a noble city; yet it would be wholly destroyed. None will dwell there. It will be a haunt for wild beasts. All this is fulfilled.

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