2. a city . . . heap —Babylon, type of the seat of Antichrist, to be destroyed in the last days (compare Jeremiah 51:37 ; Revelation 18:1-24 , followed, as here, by the song of the saints' thanksgiving in Revelation 18:1-66.18.24- : ). "Heaps" is a graphic picture of Babylon and Nineveh as they now are. palace —Babylon regarded, on account of its splendor, as a vast palace. But MAURER translates, "a citadel." of strangers —foreigners, whose capital pre-eminently Babylon was, the metropolis of the pagan world. "Aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, strangers from the covenants of promise" ( Isaiah 29:5 ; Ephesians 2:12 ; see in contrast, Ephesians 2:12- : ). never be built — ( Isaiah 13:19 ; Isaiah 13:20 , &c.). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-3" class="com-number"
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