The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 50:32

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The most proud; rather, Pride. Raise him up. For the sake of uniformity, "her" would be better; for it is Babylon who is spoken of. There is an inconsistency in the use of the persons in the original.

Elsewhere in this description Babylon is feminine; here it is masculine, to agree with "Pride."

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