1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
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Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. …
The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: …
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)The general title of this book was, The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz , Isa. 1:1. Here we have that which Isaiah saw, which was represented to his mind as clearly and fully as if he had seen it with his bodily eyes; but the particular inscription of this sermon is the burden of Babylon . 1. It is a burden, a lesson they were to learn (so some understand it), but they would be loth to learn it,…
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