Your nakedne - This denotes the abject condition to which the city would be reduced. All its pride would be taken away, and it would be b…

I will not meet thee as a man. —The words in italics show that the phrase is difficult. Omitting them, we get I shall…

Thy baseness shall be discovered. This is the conclusion of the former statement. As long as Babylon was in a flourishing condition, she p…

Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame shall be seen ,
&c.] Not only stripped of their garments, and hav…

Babylon is represented under the emblem of a female in deep distress. She was to be degraded and endure sufferings; and is represented sitting on t…

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…