For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it — All things have a voice, in that they exi…

The destruction of the Chaldeans has until now been only implied. It is now plainly foretold in a denunciatory song, put into the mouths of the inv…

These Chaldeans were great builders, as we know from the vast ruins that still remain; and most of their buildings were erected by labor exacted fr…

The Prophet here introduces a new personification. He had previously prepared a common song, which would be on everyone's lips. He now ascribes spe…

For the stone shall cry out of the wall
Of their own house; some from among themselves, that truly feared God, seein…

The prophet proclaims the doom of all proud and oppre ive powers that weigh heavily upon God's people. The lusts of the flesh, the lust of the eye,…