Have refrained from fighting - Or, have ceased to fight: in despair when they saw that the conflict was hopele .

Holds - The w…

The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight. —The verses that follow paint the capture of the city by the stratagem r…

The Prophet shows here, as if pointing with a finger, the manner of the destruction of Babylon, such as it is described by pagan authors. He then s…

The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight
Or, "ceased from fighting" ^F8 for it seems, upon Cyrus's…

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