For this shall the earth mourn ... —As with all true poets, the face of nature seems to the prophet to sympathize with human suffering. ([…

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.…

Jeremiah proceeds here with the same subject and still introduces God as the speaker, so that what is said might produce a greater effect. For …

For this shall the earth mourn: That is, for the full end that will be made hereafter, though not now; the earth may be s…

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

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

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