I was wroth with my people - In this verse and the following, a reason is assigned why God would deal so severely with her. One of the reaso…

I was wroth with my people ... —The sin of Babylon was that she had gone beyond her commission as the chastiser of Israel…

I was angry with my people. This is an anticipation, by which He forewarns the Jews, as He has often done previously, that the distressing…

I was wroth with my people The people of Israel, for their sins and transgressions, particularly their idolatries. Here b…

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…