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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comTreasury Of Scripture Knowledge - Jeremiah 51:58 - 51:58
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The broad walls of Babylon: or, The walls of broad Babylon, According to the testimony of Herodotus, the circumference of the walls of Babylon was 480 stadia, or 60 miles, their breadth 50 cubits, and their height 200 cubits; but when Darius became master of the place, bc 516, he took away all their 100 gates of brass, and beat down their walls to 50 cubits; and now not a vestige of these immense fortifications remains, to mark the site of this once mighty city! Jer 51:44, Jer 50:15
broken: or, made naked
high gates: Jer 51:30; Isa 45:1-2
the people: Jer 51:9, Jer 51:64; Psa 127:1; Isa 65:23; Hab 2:13