The literal translation is:

Then the earth quaked and writhed;
For the thoughts of Yahweh against
Babel have stood fast;
To mak…

And the land shall tremble and sorrow. —The verbs in the Hebrew are in the past tense, the prophet seeing, as it were, th…

The Prophet no doubt endeavored to remove all doubts from the minds of the godly, which would have otherwise weakened confidence in his doctrine. I…

And the land shall tremble and sorrow
The land of Chaldea, the inhabitants of it, should tremble, when they heard of…

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