Isa 13:19 | JFB | STEP | 19. glory of kingdoms — ( ). beauty of . . . excellency — Hebrew, "the glory of the pride" of the Chaldees; it was their glory and boast. as . . . Gomorrah —as utterly ( ). Taken by Cyrus, by clearing out the canal made for emptying the superfluous waters of the Euphrates, and directing the river into this new channel, so that he was able to enter the city by the old bed in the night.

Isaiah 13:19

19. glory of kingdoms— (Isa 14:4; 47:5; Jer 51:41).

beauty of . . . excellency—Hebrew, "the glory of the pride" of the Chaldees; it was their glory and boast.

as . . . Gomorrah—as utterly (Jer 49:18; 50:40; Am 4:11). Taken by Cyrus, by clearing out the canal made for emptying the superfluous waters of the Euphrates, and directing the river into this new channel, so that he was able to enter the city by the old bed in the night.