How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
How is Babylon taken! and the praise of all the earth surprised! how has Babylon become a cause of wonder among the nations!
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth seized! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
How is Sheshach taken! and the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
How is Sheshach taken! - Perhaps the city is here called by the name of its idol.
The praise of the whole earth - One of the seven wonders of the world; superexcellent for the height, breadth, and compass of its walls, its hanging gardens, the temple of Belus, etc., etc.
Sheshach - Babylon: see the Jeremiah 51:1 note.
Surprised - i. e., seized, captured.
51:41 Sheshach - A name given to the city of Babylon.