Left - The prophet was left alone; all who had been around him were slain.

I was left. —The words imply left alone. The prophet had just before seen the courts of the sanctuary thronged with idola…

The Prophet does not preserve the historical order so carefully in this passage. For he says, the Chaldeans had returned. He afterwards ad…

And it came to pass, while they were slaying them that were in the city: and I was left in the …

The slaughter must begin at the sanctuary, that all may see and know that the Lord hates sin most in those nearest to him. He who was appointed to …