Isa 25:12, 47:1 | JFB | STEP | 12. fortress —the strongholds of Moab, the representative of the foes of God's people [BARNES ]. Babylon [MAURER ]. The society of infidels represented as a city ( ).

Isaiah 25:12

12. fortress—the strongholds of Moab, the representative of the foes of God's people [BARNES]. Babylon [MAURER]. The society of infidels represented as a city (Re 11:8).

Isaiah 47:1

1. in the dust—(See on Isa 3:26; Job 2:13; La 2:10).

virgin—that is, heretofore uncaptured [HERODOTUS, 1.191].

daughter of Babylon—Babylon and its inhabitants (see on Isa 1:8; Isa 37:22).

no throne—The seat of empire was transferred to Shushan. Alexander intended to have made Babylon his seat of empire, but Providence defeated his design. He soon died; and Seleucia, being built near, robbed it of its inhabitants, and even of its name, which was applied to Seleucia.

delicate—alluding to the effeminate debauchery and prostitution of all classes at banquets and religious rites [CURTIUS, 5.1; HERODOTUS, 1.199; BARUCH, 6.43].