John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 34:10

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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It shall not be quenched night nor day, &c.] It will be long burning, and shall not be extinguished until it is utterly consumed. The burning of Rome will continue long, especially the smoke of it; the kings of the earth, and others, are represented as standing and looking at it, and lamenting for it, (<661809>Revelation 18:9,18): the smoke thereof shall go up for ever; this very phrase is what will be used by the saints in their “allelujahs”, at the burning of Rome, (<661903>Revelation 19:3) with which compare (<661411>Revelation 14:11): from generation to generation it shall lie waste; the land shall be no more manured and cultivated, nor the city rebuilt; when Babylon is once fallen, it shall never be raised up again, but always remain desolate, (<661802>Revelation 18:2,21): none shall pass through it for ever and ever; no inhabitant in it, nor traveller through it; it will be so horrible and terrible, as none will care to dwell there, yea, not so much as to travel through it; (see <244918>Jeremiah 49:18).

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