Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh - Literally, "Mortar." Jerome says: "In which corn is pounded; a hollow vessel, and fit for the use…

The judgment, in reference to its objects.

The Prophet here addresses the merchants who inhabited the middle part of the city and therefore thought themselves farther from all danger and tro…

Howl, you inhabitants of Maktesh The name of a street in Jerusalem, as Aben Ezra; perhaps it lay low in the hollow of the…

God's day is near; the punishment of presumptuous sinners is a sacrifice to the justice of God.

The Jewish royal family will be held account…