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Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Yahweh has both purposed and done that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
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A Divine Taunt
Most commentators, including Calvin and Gill, interpret this verse as God ironically taunting Babylon. He dares them to set up their banners, strengthen their guards, and prepare their defenses, all while knowing these efforts are utterly futile. This highlights the complete helplessness of even the mightiest human empire when faced with divine judgment.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Upon the walls of Babylon - Or, “against the walls.” The King James Version takes the word ironically, as a summons to Babylon to p…
19th Century
Anglican
Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon. —The Authorised version, following the Septuagint and the Vulgate, takes the words as an ir…
16th Century
Protestant
These words seem to have been addressed to the Chaldeans rather than to the Medes or the Persians, as some interpret them. This interpretation is f…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon. This is not said to the Medes and Persians, to put up a flag on the walls of Babylon…
The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same themes are left and then returned to. Babylon is abundant in treasures,…
