1 God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea
6 For their unmercifulness
7 Pride
10 And overboldness
11 Shall be irresistible

down Isa 3:26 26:5 52:2 Job 2:8,13 Ps 18:27 Jer 13:18 48:18 La 2:10,21 Eze 26:16 28:17 Ob 3:4 Jon 3:6

O virgin Isa 37:22 Jer 46:11

daughter Ps 137:8 Jer 50:42 51:33 Zec 2:7

there is Isa 14:13,14 Ps 89:44 Hag 2:22

thou shalt Isa 45:7-9 32:9-11 De 28:56,57 La 4:5 Re 18:7

2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

the milestones Ex 11:5 Jud 16:21 Job 31:10 Jer 27:7 La 5:13 Mt 24:41 Lu 17:35

make bare Isa 3:17 20:4 Jer 13:22,26 Eze 16:37-39 Ho 2:3 Mic 1:11 Na 3:5,6

3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.

I will take Isa 34:1-8 59:17,18 63:4-6 De 32:35,41-43 Ps 94:1,2 137:8,9 Jer 13:22,26 50:27,28 51:4,11,20-24,34-36,56 Ro 12:19 Heb 10:30,31 Na 3:5 Re 6:9,10 16:19 18:5-8,20

4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.

our redeemer Isa 41:14 43:3,14 44:6 49:26 54:5 Jer 31:11 50:33,34

5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

silent Isa 13:20 14:23 1Sa 2:9 Ps 31:17 46:10 Jer 25:10 La 1:1 Hab 2:20 Zec 2:13 Mt 22:12,13 Jude 1:13 Re 18:21-24

for. After Babylon was taken by Cyrus, instead of being 'the lady of kingdoms,' the metropolis of a great empire, and mistress of all the East, it became subject to the Persians; and the imperial seat being removed to Susa, instead of having a king, it had only a deputy residing there, who governed it as a province of the Persian empire. Isa 47:7 13:19 14:4 Da 2:37,38 Re 17:3-5,18 18:7,16-19

6 I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.

wroth Isa 10:6 42:24,25 2Sa 24:14 2Ch 28:9 Ps 69:26 Zec 1:15

I have polluted Isa 43:28 La 2:2 Eze 24:21 28:16

thou didst Isa 13:16 14:17 Ob 10:16 Mt 7:2 Jas 2:13

upon De 28:50

7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.

thou saidst Isa 47:5 Eze 28:2,12-14 29:3 Da 4:29 5:18-23

so that Isa 46:8,9 De 32:29 Jer 5:31 Eze 7:3-9

8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

given Isa 21:4,5 22:12,13 32:9 Jud 18:7,27 Jer 50:11 Da 5:1-5,30 Zep 2:15 Re 18:3-8

I am Isa 47:10 Jer 50:31,32 51:53 Da 4:22,30 5:23 11:36 Hab 2:5-8 2Th 2:4

I shall not Ps 10:5,6 Na 1:10 Lu 12:18-20 17:27-29 Re 18:7

9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

these two Isa 51:18,19 Ru 1:5,20 Lu 7:12,13

in a moment Isa 13:19 Ps 73:19 1Th 5:3 Re 18:8-10

they shall come Isa 13:20-22 14:22,23 Jer 51:29,62-64 Re 18:21-23

for the multitude Isa 47:12,13 Da 2:2 4:7 5:7 Na 3:4 2Th 2:9,10 Re 9:20,21 18:23 21:8 22:15

10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.

thou hast trusted Isa 28:15 59:4 Ps 52:7 62:9

thou hast said Isa 29:15 Job 22:13,14 Ps 10:11 64:5 94:7-9 Ec 8:8 Jer 23:24 Eze 8:12 9:9

thy wisdom Isa 5:21 Eze 28:2-6 Ro 1:22 1Co 1:19-21 3:19

perverted thee. or, caused thee to turn away. I am Isa 47:8

11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

thou shalt not know Isa 37:36 Ex 12:29,30 Ne 4:11 Re 3:3

from whence it riseth. Heb. the morning thereof.
thou shalt not be Ps 50:22 Jer 51:39-42 Da 5:25-30 1Th 5:3 Re 18:9,10

put it off. Heb. expiate Mt 18:34 Lu 12:59

12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

Isa 47:9,10 8:19 19:3 44:25 Ex 7:11 8:7,18,19 9:11 Jer 2:28 Da 5:7-9 Na 3:4 Ac 13:8-12 2Th 2:9-12 Re 17:4-6

13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.

wearied Isa 57:10 Eze 24:12 Hab 2:13

let now Isa 44:25 Da 2:2-10 5:7,8,15,16,30

astrologers, the stargazers. Heb. viewers of the heavens. the monthly prognosticators. Heb. that gave knowledge concerning the months.

14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

they shall Isa 40:24 41:2 Eze 15:7 Ps 83:13-15 Joe 2:5 Ob 1:18 Na 1:10 Mal 4:1

themselves Heb. their soul Mt 10:28 16:26

there shall Isa 30:14 Jer 51:25,26 Re 18:21

15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

thy merchants Isa 56:11 Eze 27:12-25 Re 18:11-19

they shall. Babylon was replenished from all nations, by a concourse of people, whom Jeremiah calls 'the mingled people'. All these, at the approach of Cyrus, sought to escape to their several countries. Jer 51:6-9 Re 18:15-17