His dominion — This belonged not to the subordinate rulers, but to the chief, e. g., to Cyrus.

All the land of his dominion. —The use of the singular pronoun indicates that the prophet recognizes the fact that the ki…

He now repeats what he had said about preparing the nations; but he mentions them first generally, and then he proceeds to specify them particularl…

Prepare against her the nations, with the kings of the Medes ,
&c.] At the head of them, Darius and Cyrus. The Syria…

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