Cut off the sower from Babylon, &c.] Destroy her so, that none be left, to till the ground, or to take the crop of it: 2 Kings 25:12. her own people being destroyed; and her forain aids all dispersed, Chap. 51. 9. that handleth the sickle] Or, sthe. for fear of the oppressing sword, &c.] Chap. 46. 16.