That is, countries near and far will often mock you, saying, “Ah! defiled in name; Ah! full of turbulence!”

Infamous and much vexed. —It is better to omit the words in italics, which art. The literal meaning of “infamous” is give…

Those that be near, and those that be far from you, shall mock you The neighbouring nations, as…

The prophet is to judge the bloody city, the city of bloods. Jerusalem is so called because of her crimes.

The sins with which Jerusalem stan…