What he had devised - Or, what he purposed. Zion’s ruin was the fulfillment of God’s determination, of which they had been forewarned from …

The Lord has done ... —The writer points, in opposition to the boasts of the enemies, to the true author of the misery of…

If the Prophet had related only the boastings of enemies, the people would probably have become more hardened in their sorrow. But now, on the othe…

The Lord has done [that] which he had devised It was not so much the Chaldeans that did it, though they ascribed it to th…

Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands and eaten, according t…

Here he presents the approval of the judge.

1. His consistency is shown in doing what He proposed: the Lord has done that…