The population is to be destroyed so utterly that the rich fields of Babylonia are to remain untilled.

They shall turn - The full forc…

Cut off the sower ... —The rich alluvial plains of Babylon, so plentiful that they yielded an increase of two hundred-fol…

He still addresses the Medes and the Persians, and commands them to cut off from Babylon both the sowers and the rea…

Cut off the sower from in Babylon, and him that handles the
sickle in the time of harvest<…

The desolation that shall be brought upon Babylon is described in a variety of expressions. The cause of this destruction is the wrath of the Lord.…