That made the world as a wilderness - That made cities and kingdoms desolate.

That opened not the house of his prison…

That opened not the house of his prisoners. — Better, as in the margin, he loosed not his prisoners to their homes. This was, we …

That is, they lie in state, each one in the mausoleum of his family. They went down to death, and they were buried with all the honour and glory th…

He made the world as a wilderness. He expresses the cruel and savage disposition of the tyrant by saying that he brought desolation on…

[That] made the world as a wilderness
Both by destroying the inhabitants of it, and by laying waste cities, towns, v…

The whole plan of Divine Providence is arranged with a view to the good of the people of God. A settlement in the land of promise is of God's mercy…

409. Her time is near at hand. In this part, he promises liberation to the Jews through the destruction of Babylon, which he threatened abov…