George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“She; Babylon. (Challoner) — Greek, “Wretched she,” &c. (Haydock) — Babylon shall fall a prey to Cyrus.”
The interpretation timeline
Bar 4:32
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Bar 4:32 · Douay-Rheims
“The cities which thy children have served, shall be punished: and she that received thy sons.”
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.