 | Jacob Neusner - 2005 - 294 pages
...neighbors were blessed. K. "When Babylonia was cursed, its neighbors were cursed, as it is written, 'I will also make it a possession for the bittern and pools of water' (Is. 14:23). L. "But when Samaria was cursed, its neighbors were blessed, as it is written, 'Therefore... | |
 | 470 pages
...will rise up against them, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, 23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern,...and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, 24 Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: 25... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1879 - 451 pages
...pleasant palaces; and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged" (Isa., xiii., 19-22). "I will also make it a possession for the bittern,...and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts" (Isa., xiv., 23). This is the condition of Babylon now, and has been for centuries.... | |
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I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts. 
