Therefore will evil come upon you - In consequence of your pride and self-confidence; of the prevalence of corruption, licentiousness, and s…

Thou shalt not be able to put it off ... —The words have been variously rendered: (1) of which you shall know no dawn…

Therefore shall evil come upon thee. Continuing the subject which he had previously introduced, he ridicules the foolish confidence of the…

Therefore shall evil come upon you
The evil of punishment, a great calamity; so Nebuchadnezzar foretold, as Abydenus…

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…