Therefore - The exiles were to note these things as signs of the approach of God’s visitation.

Confounded - Or, ashamed.

Therefore, behold, the days come ... —The first word has its full force. The Israelite exiles were to infer from the rumo…

He repeats a former sentence, that God would visit the idols of Babylon. He does not speak now of Bel only, but includes all the false god…

Therefore, behold, the days come that I will do judgment on
the graven images of Babylon