Translate, The daughter of Babylon is as a threshing-floor at the time when it is trampled, that is, trodden hard in readiness for the thr…

The daughter of Babylon ... —More literally, The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor, in the time when it is trodden…

By this comparison the Prophet confirms what he had previously said, namely, that God would be the avenger of His church and would justly punish th…

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel

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