For you ... - The mention of the tree in the previous verse gives the prophet occasion for the beautiful image in this. They had de…

You shall be ...—Men were to think of the pleasant places that had tempted them, not as they had seen them, fresh and green, but a…

You shall certainly be as an oak whose leaf fadeth. The Hebrew particle כי (ki) may be taken in an affirmative sense, as…

For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth
Shall be stripped of all their dependencies and self confidence, and be…

Neither holy cities nor royal ones are faithful to their trust if religion does not dwell in them. Dro may shine like silver, and wine that is mixe…

1. How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? Here, the prophet shows their sin of turning away from jus…