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Isa 47:1-15. The destruction of Babylon is represented under the image of a royal virgin brought down in a moment from her magnificent throne to the extreme of degradation.
in the dust - (See on Isa 3:26; Job 2:13; Lam 2:10).
virgin - that is, heretofore uncaptured [Herodotus, 1.191].
daughter of Babylon - Babylon and its inhabitants (see on Isa 1:8; see on 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].