And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Babylon, the glory of kingdoms - (Isaiah 14:4; Isaiah 47:5; Jeremiah 51:41, "the praise of the whole earth.")
The beauty of the Chaldees' excellency - Hebrew, the glory of the pride of the Chaldees: it was their glory and boast.
Shall be as when God overthrew ... Gomorrah - as utterly (Jeremiah 49:18; Jeremiah 50:40; Amos 4:11). Taken by Cyrus, by clearing out the canal made for emptying the superfluous waters of the Euphrates, and directing the river into this new channel, so that he was able to enter the city by the old bed in the night.