Omit "is." A summons comes from Yahweh, Israel’s Goel, to the sword to fall upon all the elements of Babylon’s greatness. The princes were her rule…

A sword is upon the Chaldeans. —Better, A sword upon the Chaldeans. Here, and in the verses that follow, the interpolate…

The Prophet proceeds with the same subject and employs the same manner of speaking. He denounces war on the Chaldeans as a celestial herald; and th…

A sword [is] upon the Chaldeans, says the Lord
Or, "shall be" ^F11 or, "O sword, [be you] on the Chaldeans" ^F12…

It is Israel's comfort in distress that, though they are weak, their Redeemer is strong. This may be applied to believers, who complain of the domi…