Therefore shall all hands be faint - This is designed to denote the consternation and alarm of the people. They would be so terrifi…

They shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth. This image of powerless agony occurs both in earlier and later prophets…

Therefore all hands shall be weakened. He shows that the power of the Lord to destroy the inhabitants of Babylon will be so great, that th…

Therefore shall all hands be faint
Or hang down; that is, the hands of all the Babylonians, the city being taken sud…

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 …