In four verses, each beginning with “I beheld,” the prophet sees in vision the desolate condition of Judea during the Babylonian captivity.

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The mountains, and, lo, they trembled.— The great earthquake in the days of Uzziah (Amos 1:1), of which we fi…

Now all this did happen. It all came to pass. Palestine, the glorious garden of God, was made as dreary as a wilderness. It is not much better now.…

The Prophet in this passage elaborates in highly metaphorical language on the terror of God’s vengeance, so that he might rouse the Jews, who were …

I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled
At the presence of God, at the tokens of his displeasure, and at his …

The prophet had no pleasure in delivering me ages of wrath. He is shown in a vision the whole land in confusion.

Compared with what it was, …

1. Here, the prophet shows the effect of the destruction.

   • First, on the country.
   • Second, on the people, where he says,…