16. Babylon had the extent rather of a nation than of a city. Therefore grain was grown within the city wall sufficient to last for a long siege [ARISTOTLE, Politics, 3.2; PLINY, 18.17]. Conquerors usually spare agriculturists, but in this case all alike were to be "cut off." for fear of . . . oppressing sword —because of the sword of the oppressor. every one to his people —from which they had been removed to Babylon from all quarters by the Chaldean conquerors ( Jeremiah 51:9 ; Isaiah 13:14 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-17" class="com-number"
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