For Jerusalem ... - The prophet proceeds to show the cause of this state of things. ‘These are the words of the prophet, and not of him who …

For Jerusalem is ruined ...—The outward evils of the kingdom are traced to their true source. Men have provoked, in the prophet’s…

For Jerusalem is ruined. So that it might not be thought that God is excessively cruel when he punishes his people with such severity, the…

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen ,
&e.] This is a reason given why the government of them is refused; th…

God was about to deprive Judah of every stay and support. The city and the land were to be made desolate because their words and works had been reb…

1. For Jerusalem is ruined. Here the author explains the reason for this renunciation.

   First, he presents the immediate caus…