Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Jer 51:53

“If Babylon should mount up to heaven, and establish her strength on high: from me there should come spoilers upon her, saith the Lord.”

“We are not to measure God's power by what seems to our perceptions natural or probable. Compare Oba 1:4 as to Edom (Amo 9:2).”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.