He repeats what he had said: that the people were an offscouring, or scrapings, or sweepings, and also a refuse. The last word is, indeed, in the i…

All our enemies have opened their mouths against us .
] Like lions and other beasts of prey, to devour us; or in way…

The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued …

Here, the prophet wins the reader’s sympathy by provoking indignation against the enemy for the evils they have brought upon the people.

He …