O my threshing - The words ‘to thresh,’ ‘to tread down,’ etc., are often used in the Scriptures to denote punishments inflicted on the enemi…

O my threshing, and the corn of my floor.—Literally, and child of my threshing-floor... The words are abrupt, an…

My thrashing, and the son of my floor. The wealth of that powerful monarchy, having dazzled the eyes of all people by its splendor, meant …

O my threshing, and the corn of my floor Which may be understood either of the Babylonians, now threshed or punished by t…

Babylon was a flat country, abundantly watered. The destruction of Babylon, so often prophesied by Isaiah, was typical of the destruction of the gr…

1. The burden of the desert of the sea. Here the prophet threatens the enemies who oppre ed Israel by taking their goods, ev…