The sack of the city follows with all the horrible cruelties practiced at such a time.

Let a cry be heard from their houses. — that is, let their city be taken by the enemy and the people suffer all the outrage and cr…

He proceeds with his imprecation. He then wishes that a cry should be heard from their houses, as if he had said, “Let there be no refuge for them …

Let a cry be heard from their houses
A shrieking of women and children, not only for the loss of husbands and parent…

When the prophet called to repentance, instead of obeying the call, the people devised devices against him. Thus sinners deal with the great Interc…

1. Here their obstinacy is shown by the fact that they would persecute their preachers, which was a figure of the persecution of Christ.

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