Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
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Gill's Exposition
Every one that is found shall be thrust through,.... With a sword, spear, or lance, and be slain; that is, everyone that is found in the city of Babylon; and so the Targum adds,
"and everyone that…
Barnes' Notes
Every one that is found - In Babylon, or that is overtaken in fleeing from it. This is a description of the capture of the city, and of the slaughter that would ensue, when the invaders would spare…
We have here a very elegant and lively description of the terrible confusion and desolation which should be made in Babylon by the descent which the Medes and Persians should make upon it. Those that…
Cambridge Bible
Every one that is found Chiefly the natives of Babylon, who had no land to flee to. The phrase - every one that is joinedunto them" is better translated, every one that is caught.
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