And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
Bel ... I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed - in allusion to the many sacrifices to the idol, which its priests pretended it swallowed at night; or, rather, the precious gifts taken from other nations and offered to it, which it is said to have "swallowed" (cf. "devoured," "swallowed," Jeremiah 51:34; Jeremiah 50:17), which it should have to disgorge (cf. Jeremiah 51:13; Jeremiah 50:37). Of these gifts were the vessels of Yahweh's temple in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 36:7; Daniel 1:2). The restoration of these to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah, for the temple, by the direction of Cyrus, as foretold here, is recorded Ezra 1:7-11.
The nations shall not flow together anymore unto him - they "shall not flow" as a river; fitly depicting the influx of pilgrims of all "nations" to the idol.