Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
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Gill's Exposition
Cut off the sower from in Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest,.... Both sower and reaper: the walls of Babylon took in a large compass of land, where there were corn…
Barnes' Notes
The population is to be destroyed so utterly that the rich fields of Babylonia are to remain untilled. They shall turn - The full force of the words will be seen if it be remembered that it had been…
God is here by his prophet, as afterwards in his providence, proceeding in his controversy with Babylon. Observe,
I. The commission and charge given to the instruments that were to be employed in…
Cambridge Bible
Cut off the sower from Babylon Agricultural labour ceases, and foreign residents flee to their homes. Cp. Jer 51:9; Isa 13:14. But it is perhaps better to make the reference to be to slaves or hired…
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