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Gill's Exposition
Therefore shall all hands be faint,.... Or hang down; that is, the hands of all the Babylonians, the city being taken suddenly and at once, so that they should not be able to lift them up to lay hold…
Barnes' Notes
Therefore shall all hands be faint - This is designed to denote the consternation and alarm of the people. They would be so terrified and alarmed that they would have no courage, no hope, and no power…
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
"Hands hanging down" and "hearts melting" are frequent images of despair (ch. Isa 19:1; Eze 21:7; Job 4:3; Jos 7:5, &c.).
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