All thy rulers are fled together - The general idea in this verse is plain. It is designed to describe the consternation that would take pla…

They are bound by the archers. —Better, fettered without the bow. The taunting charge of cowardice is carried further. Th…

All your rulers have fled together. This verse has been interpreted in various ways. The fact is abundantly clear, but there is some diffi…

All your rulers have fled together
Either the rulers of Jerusalem, civil and ecclesiastical, that should have been at…

Why is Jerusalem in such terror? Her slain men are not slain with the sword, but with famine; or, slain with fear, disheartened. Their rulers fled,…

1. The burden of the valley. Here the prophet issues a threat against those who were joined to the people of God by their position of…