For the earth shall be filled, &c.— Or, "Shall have a full and perfect knowledge of the glory of the Lord, when Babylon shall be overthrown;" because the prophets of the Lord had foretold that destruction. God's providence in governing the world, shall conspicuously appear in the downfal of the Babylonish empire; especially as it is described in the prophets, as an earnest and type of the fall of the mystical Babylon; which will be a decisive stroke, that will thoroughly vindicate oppressed truth and innocence. See Lowth.
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Habakkuk 2:14
14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.