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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There was no man. —To chaos and darkne and the earthquake was added the horrible sense of solitude. Not man only, but the creatures that s…

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 …

And I beheld, and, lo, there was no man No people dwelling in it, as the Targum; the land was without inhabitants, they w…

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,…