Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

Shout against her round about - inspirit one another to the onset with the battle-cry.

She hath given her hand - an idiom for submitted to the conquerors (, margin; ).

As she hath done, do unto her - just retribution in kind. She had destroyed many, so must she be destroyed (). So as to spiritual Babylon (). This is right, because "it is the vengeance of the Lord;" but this will not justify private revenge in kind (; Romans 12:19); even the Old Testament law forbade this, though breathing a sterner spirit than the New Testament (; ).

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