Isa 19:16, Jer 50:37, 51:30 | JFB | e4.org | 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 (Jer 51:30; Na 3:13).

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

‏ Jeremiah 50:37

37. as women—divested of all manliness (Na 3:13).

‏ 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.