You have called ... —Better, You have summoned, as for a solemn feast-day. (Compare to Lamentations 1:15.) In “terrors ro…

Here he uses a most appropriate metaphor to show that the people had been brought to dire straits, for he says that terrors had surrounded…

You have called, as in a solemn day, my terrors round about, &c.] Terrible enemies, as the Chaldeans; these came at the c…

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

Here the prophet sets forth the impo ibility of escape, making three points on this matter:

1. The siege is described with the phrase …