Destroyed - literally, broken, as was the hammer (Jeremiah 50:23). The cup, though of metal, is thrown down so violently as to b…

Babylon is suddenly fallen ... —The form of announcement seems taken in part from Isaiah 21:9.

Take ba…

The Prophet now declares that the fall of Babylon would be sudden, so that the faithful might understand that God could accomplish in one moment wh…

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed
Or "broken" ^F7 ; even into shivers, as a cup is; for when it had…

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