Jeremiah 50:24

“I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, etc.] Retorting to the stratagem that Cyrus used, in draining the river Euphrates, and marching his army up through it into the midst of the city of Babylon, and took it by surprise, while the inhabitants at night were feasting and revelling: this is said to be a snare laid by the Lord, because it was according to the counsel of his will, and through his directing and overruling providence: and thou wast not aware; of what the enemy had done, of his march into the city, and taking of it; for, as Herodotus and Aristotle report, one part of the city was seized and taken before the other knew anything of it: thou art found, and…”

“I--Thou hast to do with God, not merely with men. taken . . . not aware--HERODOTUS relates that one half of the city was taken before those in the other half were "aware" of it. Cyrus turned the waters of the Euphrates where it was defended into a different channel, and so entered the city by the dried-up channel at night, by the upper and lower gates (Dan 5:30-31).”

“I have laid a snare for thee - Babylon, the impregnable, was taken (according to Herodotus) by Cyrus by stratagem. Having diverted the waters of the Euphrates, he entered the city by the river channel: but see Daniel 5:1 note. And thou wast not aware - Better literally, and thou didst not know it. return to 'Top of Page'”

“snare: Ecc 9:12 and thou wast: Jer 51:8, Jer 51:31-39, Jer 51:57; Isa 21:3-5; Dan 5:30, Dan 5:31; Rev 18:7, Rev 18:8 because: Exo 10:3; Job 9:4, Job 40:2, Job 40:9; Isa 13:11, Isa 45:9; Th2 2:4 Jeremiah 50:25”