The people in that generation were now under the rule, control, and leadership of Babylon. Even the heathen could see and comprehend that it was by the continued disobedience to God and His will, that the church, and those who clung to her, were destroyed eternally from what they once were (40:2-3).
Ang mga tao sa lahing yaon ay nasa ilalim ngayon ng pangunguna, pagpigil at pamumuno ng Babilonia. Maging ang mga taga-ibang lupa ay makikita at mauunawaan na ito y sa pamamagitan ng patuloy na pagsuway sa Dios at sa kanyang kalooban, na ang iglesia at yaong mga nakakabit sa kanya, ay walang hanggang nawasak mula sa kung ano sila dati (40:2-3).