Howl, O gate - That is, you who throng the gate. The gates of a city were the chief places of concourse.

Cry, O city - The pro…

Howl, O gate ... —The gate, as elsewhere, is the symbol of the city’s strength. The city stands probably for Ash…

That is the way the Babylonians would come running down from the north. No one would be able to hide himself from them; not a single person would f…

Howl, O gate. Here the Prophet uses amplifications, so that through them he may seal his predictions on the hearts of the godly, and may m…

Howl, O gate Or gates of the cities of Palestine; the magistrates that sat there to execute judgment, or the people that …

Assurance is given of the destruction of the Philistines and their power, by famine and war. Hezekiah would be more formidable to them than Uzziah …

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…