The broad walls — Herodotus makes the breadth of the walls 85 English feet.

Broken — See the margin. That is, the ground benea…

Her high gates shall be burned with fire.— These were part of the works on which Nebuchadnezzar prided himself as the res…

The Prophet again introduces God as the speaker, so that what he said might gain more attention from the Jews. For this reason, he added a eulogy t…

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Because what follows might seem incredible ever to be effected, it is introduced with this p…

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