They shall go out ... — Rather, they have gone forth from the fire, and the fire shall devour them. The condition of the people is …

This short chapter contains a single simile and its application, designed to show that Israel, having failed to fulfill the purpose for which they …

He confirms what had been said in the last verse and at the same time explains it: as if the citizens of Jerusalem retained some form because they …

And I will set my face against them
In wrath to destroy them; see (Ezekiel 14:8) ; and they …

Jerusalem like an unfruitful vine.