Is not turned ... - As long as their sins are unrepented of, so long must their punishment continue.

Gird yourselves with sackcloth. — From the earliest times the outward sign of mourning, and therefore of repentance ([Ref…

Universal fear would take hold of them. If they would not rightly fear the Lord and turn to Him, the time would come when, without exception, the g…

The Prophet seems not yet to exhort his own nation to repent: a more gracious doctrine will soon follow; but here he only reminds them that a most …

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl
That is, because of this destruction threatened, which was so near…

The fierce conqueror of the neighboring nations was to make Judah desolate. The prophet was afflicted to see the people lulled into security by fal…

1. Here, he discusses the arrival of the enemy:

1. Regarding their departure from their own land.
2. Regarding the progress …