There—where you fenced yourself, and made such extensive and laborious preparation,

The fire shall devour you.—All is toil wit…

The shift in metaphor here is somewhat jarring to modern sensibilities. The sword, like the locust, will devour Nineveh. Yet Nineveh is immediately…

What marvelous poetry is this! How terrible! Their soldiers, their rulers, their captains, were as many as the locusts and the grasshoppers; but wh…

The Prophet continues with the same subject: that the Ninevites would work in vain, while striving anxiously and with every effort to defend themse…

There shall the fire devour thee: In the strong holds, made ever so firm and secure; either the fire of divine wrath; or …

Strongholds, even the strongest, are no defense against the judgments of God. They will be unable to do anything for themselves.

The Chaldea…