thy merchants: Isaiah 56:11; Ezekiel 27:12-25; Revelation 18:11-19
they shall: Babylon was replenished from all nations, by a concourse of people, whom Jeremiah (Jeremiah 50:37) calls "the mingled people." All these, at the approach of Cyrus, sought to escape to their several countries. Jeremiah 51:6-9; Revelation 18:15-17