Jeremiah 51:58

The broad walls -Herodotus makes the breadth of the walls 85 English feet. Broken -See the margin. i. e., the ground beneath them shall be laid bare by their demolition. The people -Or, peoples. Jeremiah concludes his prophecy with a quotation from Habakkuk; applying the words to the stupendous works intended to make Babylon an eternal city, but which were to end in such early and utter disappointment.