Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 50:24

24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware, thou art found, and also caught , because thou hast striven against the LORD .

We are told that Cyrus with his great Army diverted the River E[illegible: 1 letter]phrates so as his Army passed over and so surprized the City so suddenly that those in the midst of it, did not know it when part of the City was already taken. God directed Cyrus to this Stratagem for the taking of the City, which the Prophet calls a snar[illegible: 1 letter], wherein the Babylonians were taken when

the reason of this unexpected ruine to this great people was their sinning against the Lord ver. 14. which is here call'd a striving against him, as indeed all sin is.