23How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
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Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; …
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! …
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-32)Here, 1. The forces are mustered and commissioned to destroy Babylon, and every thing is got ready for a descent upon that potent kingdom: Go up against that land by Merathaim , the country of the Mardi, that lay part in Assyria and part in Armenia; and go among the inhabitants of Pekod , another country (mentioned Ezek. 23:23) which Cyrus took in his way to Babylon. The forces of Cyrus are called…
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