The whole verse is difficult, but should probably be translated: to a pasturage, even a luxuriant pasturage, have I likened (or, have reduced t…

To a comely and delicate woman. — “Woman” is not in the Hebrew, and the word translated “comely” is elsewhere ([Reference Isaiah 6…

As the place where the Prophet was born was pastoral, he retained many expressions derived from his education, for God did not divest his servants …

I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate
woman .

Whatever methods are used, it is vain to contend with God's judgments. The more we indulge in the pleasures of this life, the more we make ourselve…

1. Here, the prophet excludes the second source of help on which the people might have relied: namely, the strength of the royal city, whose…