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Her cities are become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

A wilderness – Or, a desert of sand.

A land in which – Rather, “a land – no man shall dwell in them (i.e., its cities), an…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Her cities are a desolation ... —The word for “wilderness” is Arabah, commonly used of the sandy desert south of…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

He repeats what he had previously said, but we have previously reminded you why he speaks at such length on a subject that is not obscure in itself…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness ,
&c.] Which some understand of Babylon itself, divided in…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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

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