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 fruitful place. —The Carmel, or vine-land, became as “the wilderness.” The Hebrew article points probably to the well…

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, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness
Or, "I beheld, and, lo, Carmel was a wilderness"; which was a…

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,…