Render, “For Yahweh lays waste to Babylon and will bring to an end the loud noise from her (of busy life); and their wares (the surging masses …

Because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon ... — In Jeremiah 51:54 the prophet hears the cry of the captured city. The gre…

The reason for the crashing is now added, because God had resolved to lay Babylon waste and to reduce it to nothing. Jeremiah again calls the faith…

Because the Lord has spoiled Babylon
By means of the Medes and Persians; these were his instruments he made use of; …

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