Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
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Gill's Exposition
As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel,.... In Jerusalem, when that city was taken the Chaldeans, and destroyed:
so at Babylon shall all the slain of all the earth; or "land"; that is, the land…
Barnes' Notes
Therefore - The exiles were to note these things as signs of the approach of God’s visitation. Confounded - Or, ashamed.
The particulars of this copious prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same things left and returned to so often that it could not well be divided into parts, but we must endeavor to collect…
Cambridge Bible
The v. is suspicious; for (a) it closely resembles Jer 51:51 in language, (b) "Therefore" is unsuitable here, while it fits Jer 51:51, from which it may be taken. Co. for "graven images," mentioned…
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