Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
in a moment—It should not decay slowly, but be suddenly and unexpectedly destroyed; in a single night it was taken by Cyrus. The prophecy was again literally fulfilled when Babylon revolted against Darius; and, in order to hold out to the last, each man chose one woman of his family, and strangled the rest, to save provisions. Darius impaled three thousand of the revolters.
in . . . perfection—that is, "in full measure."
for . . . for—rather, "notwithstanding the . . . notwithstanding"; "in spite of" [LOWTH]. So "for" (Numbers 14:11). Babylon was famous for "expiations or sacrifices, and other incantations, whereby they tried to avert evil and obtain good" [DIODORUS SICULUS].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 47:9:
Nahum 3:4
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