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O destroying mountain — A volcano which by its flames and hot lava streams “destroys the whole land.”
A burn…

O destroying mountain. —Interestingly enough, the phrase is the same as that applied in 2 Kings 23:13 to the …

There is no doubt that the Prophet speaks of Babylon. But it may seem strange to call it a mountain, when that city was situated in a plain, as is …

Behold, I [am] against thee, O destroying mountain, says the
Lord, which destroyest all the earth

The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same themes are left and then returned to. Babylon is abundant in treasures,…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes