2For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
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And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. …
And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)It is said in the close of the foregoing chapter that the Lord of hosts shall reign gloriously ; now, in compliance with this, the prophet here speaks of the glorious majesty of his kingdom (Ps. 145:12), and gives him the glory of it; and, however this prophecy might have an accomplishment in the destruction of Babylon and the deliverance of the Jews out of their captivity there, it seems to look…
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