And you said, I shall be a lady for ever — This passage describes the pride and self-confidence of Babylon. She was confident in her wealt…

You said ... —The boastful confidence of Babylon in her own perpetuity blinded her, as it had long blinded other nations, to “thes…

And thou saidst, I shall for ever be a mistress. Here he censures the haughtiness of the Babylonians, in promising to themselves perpetual…

And you said, I shall be a lady for ever
That her monarchy would continue in a succession of kings, that should rule…

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…