Isa 19:16, Jer 50:37, 51:30 | JFB | STEP | 16. like ... women-- timid and helpless ( ; ). shaking of ... hand-- His judgments by means of the invaders ( , ; ).

‏ Isaiah 19:16

16. like ... women--timid and helpless (Jr 51:30; Na 3:13).

shaking of ... hand--His judgments by means of the invaders (Is 10:5, 32; 11:15).

‏ Jeremiah 50:37

35-37. The repetition of "A sword" in the beginning of each verse, by the figure anaphora, heightens the effect; the reiterated judgment is universal; the same sad stroke of the sword is upon each and all connected with guilty Babylon.

wise men--(Is 47:13). Babylon boasted that it was the peculiar seat of wisdom and wise men, especially in astronomy and astrology.

‏ Jeremiah 51:30

30. forborne to fight--for the city was not taken by force of arms, but by stratagem, according to the counsel given to Cyrus by two eunuchs of Belshazzar who deserted.

remained in ... holds--not daring to go forth to fight; many, with Nabonidus, withdrew to the fortified city Borsippa.