Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
Slay all her bullocks - i:e., princes and strong warriors (Jeremiah 46:21; Psalms 22:12; Isaiah 34:7).
Go down to the slaughter. The slaughter-houses lay low beside the river; therefore it is said, "go down;" appropriate to Babylon on the Euphrates, the avenue through which the slaughterers entered the city.