This is the purpose—this is the sum of the whole design—a design that embraces the destruction of both the king of Assyria and Babylon.

This is the hand that is stretched out ... —The words point, as it were, to the idea of a universal history. The fall of the Assyrian powe…

And cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, says the LORD. I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools…

This purpose which is purposed upon the whole earth. The Lord is not satisfied with one or two confirmations and can scarcely refrain from…

This [is] the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth, &c] Or, "counsel that is counselled". The Targum is, ``all t…

Let those who make themselves a yoke and a burden to God's people see what they are to expect. Let those who are the called according to God's purp…

409. Her time is near at hand. In this part, he promises liberation to the Jews through the destruction of Babylon, which he threatened abov…