is suddenly, &c. This must refer to a future fulfilment, for the present condition came gradually, See Isa_21:9; Isa_47:9, Isa_47:11. Compare Rev_14:8; Rev_18:8, Rev_18:10, Rev_18:17, Rev_18:19.
destroyed = broken down. Hebrew. shabar. Not the same as in verses: Jer_51:1, Jer_51:3, Jer_51:11, Jer_1:20, Jer_1:25, Jer_1:25, Jer_1:55.
take balm = fetch balSamaritan Pentateuch Compare Jer_8:22; Jer_46:11.