Isaiah 25:2

A city. Probably a reference to Babylon (see on chs. 14:4; 24:10), the symbolic center of the forces of evil in the days of Isaiah. Literal Babylon raised itself up against Jerusalem, and through that pagan center Satan put forth mighty efforts to control the world, but it was to be reduced to a heap of ruins. For the fulfillment of this prophecy in Isaiah’s day, see on chs. 13:19-22; 14:4. In the days immediately prior to the second coming of Christ mystical Babylon will be destroyed (Rev. 18:10, 21). The destruction of Babylon is typical of the destruction of the might and power of Satan (see on Isa. 14:4-23; Jer. 51:24-26, 41, 53, 55, 64).