My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
The prophecy points to Babylon, whose night set apart for pleasure would be turned into fear. That night was one of feasting and blasphemy, and it would suddenly become a time of terror and destruction. The change came during the feast of Belshazzar, when the Medes and Persians entered the city. On that very night Belshazzar was slain, completing the sudden reversal from revelry to ruin.
The prophecy points to Babylon, whose night set apart for pleasure would be turned into fear. That night was one of feasting and blasphemy, and it would suddenly become a time of terror and destruction. The change came during the feast of Belshazzar, when the Medes and Persians entered the city. On that very night Belshazzar was slain, completing the sudden reversal from revelry to ruin.