I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.
Ver. 24. I have laid a snare for thee.] Thou wild bull. Jer 50:27 Babylon was unexpectedly taken by a stratagem, while they were in the midst of their revels.
And thou wast not aware.] The palace was suddenly seized upon; but some parts of the city knew not that the enemy was entered till three days after; for it was the greatest city that ever the sun beheld, saith Pausanias, a and the most suddenly surprised.
Because thou hast striven against the Lord.] Heb., Hast mingled thyself with the Lord, in certamen scilicet, to wrestle a fall with him, and to try masteries.
a Aristot., Polit., Paus., Arcad.