Isa 13:14, Jer 51:9 | JFB | STEP | 14. it —Babylon. roe —gazelle; the most timid and easily startled. no man taketh up —sheep defenseless, without a shepherd ( ). every man . . . to his own people —The "mingled peoples" of foreign lands shall flee out of her ( ).

Isaiah 13:14

14. it—Babylon.

roe—gazelle; the most timid and easily startled.

no man taketh up—sheep defenseless, without a shepherd (Zec 13:7).

every man . . . to his own people—The "mingled peoples" of foreign lands shall flee out of her (Jer 50:16, 28, 37; 51:9).

Jeremiah 51:9

9. We would have healed—We attempted to heal.

her judgment—her crimes provoking God's "judgments" [GROTIUS].

reacheth unto heaven— (Ge 18:21; Jon 1:2; Re 18:5). Even the heathen nations perceive that her awful fall must be God's judgment for her crying sins (Ps 9:16; 64:9).