Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 14:6-7

"that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained. The whole earth is at rest, [and] is quiet: they break forth into singing." — Isaiah 14:6-7 (ASV)

Babylon, which no one could resist, is herself destroyed, and there is no one to come to her assistance.

Go today, and see where the owl dwells, and mark the habitation of the dragons. Say to yourself, "This is Babylon, the great city that was the queen over all nations; but she did evil in the sight of the Lord and spoke extremely proudly. And behold, Jehovah has crumbled her in the dust; and now that Babylon is gone, the whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they breath forth into singing."