Lambs ... rams ... he goats - that is, all classes of the population (see Isaiah 34:6 note).

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter ... —The figure is changed, and the revellers appear as themselves des…

This is a comparison different from the former, when the Prophet said that they would be like lions, but only regarding their roaring. But He now s…

I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter
To the place of slaughter; who shall be able to make no more resi…

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