Desolation — Or, devastation.

Fear and a snare. —A quotation from Jeremiah 48:43, and Isaiah 24:17.

Desolation. —Better, dev…

The Prophet dwells extensively on the severity of the calamity that had occurred. He compares here the anxieties into which the people had been bro…

Fear and a snare is come upon us
Or, "fear and a pit" {m}; the fear of failing into the pit of ruin and destruction,…

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.