For you have trusted in your wickedne - The word ‘wickedne ’ here refers undoubtedly to the pride, arrogance, ambition, and oppre …

For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness ... —Babylon, like other nations that have followed in her steps, took for its la…

For you trusted. He explains what he said in the preceding verse. This explanation, however, can be extended further to become a censure o…

For you have trusted in your wickedness
In wealth and power wickedly obtained; in political schemes wickedly contriv…

Let us beware of acting and speaking as Babylon did; of trusting in tyranny and oppression; of boasting about our abilities, relying on ourselves, …

1. Come down, and sit in the dust. Here the prophet foretells the degradation of the kingdom of Babylon. In this regard, he does th…