Treasury of Scripture
The broad walls of babylon. or, the walls of broad Babylon According to the testimony of Herodotus, the circumference of the walls of Babylon was
480 stadia, or
60 miles, the breadth
50 cubits, and their height
200 cubits; but when Darius became master of the place B.C.
516, he took away all their
100 gates of brass, and beat down their walls to
50 cubits; and now not a vestige of these immense fortifications remains, to mark the site of this once mighty city.
Jeremiah 51:44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up...
Jeremiah 50:15 Shout against her round about: she has given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down...
broken. or, made naked
high gates
Jeremiah 51:30 The mighty men of Babylon have declined to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might has failed; they became as women...
Isaiah 45:1,2 Thus said the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him...
the people
Jeremiah 51:9,64 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country...
Psalm 127:1 Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman wakes but in vain.
Isaiah 65:23 They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD...
Habakkuk 2:13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire...