The prophet means that:

1. Babylon would never again be the seat of empire.
2. Nor would any new development of events take its ris…

They shall not take of thee a stone for a corner. — The prophet uses general language applicable to any city destroyed by…

He confirms the previous verse: that when Babylon was destroyed, there would be no hope of restoration. It often happens that cities which have bee…

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations

Signifying that it should be so …

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