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…

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…

Behold, [is it] not of the Lord of hosts ? &c.] That which follows; the judgments of God upon the bloody city, which they…

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,…