O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
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Gill's Exposition
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed,.... By the determinate counsel and decree of God, and according to divine predictions; see Jer 50:1; so mystical Babylon, antichrist, and the man of…
Barnes' Notes
O daughter of Babylon - That is, Babylon itself; the city of Babylon. On the word “daughter” as thus used, see the notes at Isa 1:8. Who art to be destroyed - Certainly to be destroyed; of whose…
The pious Jews in Babylon, having afflicted themselves with the thoughts of the ruins of Jerusalem, here please themselves with the prospect of the ruin of her impenitent implacable enemies; but this…
Cambridge Bible
O daughter of Babylon The city of Babylon personified.
who art to be destroyed The most obvious translation is that of R.V. marg., that art laid waste. So Aq. and Jerome, vastata. But the following…
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