They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
The terrible and dreadful ones are the Chaldeans. Their judgment and their dignity proceeding from themselves means their authority and their standards of judgment arise from themselves. They were to become Babylon's ruling power.
They would rise suddenly and invade Judah as a divinely appointed punishment and scourge bringing the nation's chastisement. This punishment was for Judah's turning from God. It would come within the lifetime of those then asking about the future.
Judah's people would be carried captive and its cities and towns, villages, and fields would be laid waste and devastated. Those taken captive to Babylon would include Judah's leaders as well as its people.
The terrible and dreadful ones are the Chaldeans. Their judgment and their dignity proceeding from themselves means their authority and their standards of judgment arise from themselves. They were to become Babylon's ruling power.
They would rise suddenly and invade Judah as a divinely appointed punishment and scourge bringing the nation's chastisement. This punishment was for Judah's turning from God. It would come within the lifetime of those then asking about the future.
Judah's people would be carried captive and its cities and towns, villages, and fields would be laid waste and devastated. Those taken captive to Babylon would include Judah's leaders as well as its people.