She is empty and void and waste — The completeness of her judgment is declared first under that solemn number, three, and the three…

And the faces of them all gather blackness. —Better, perhaps, and all faces withdraw their brightness. (See Note…

The Prophet here confirms what the last verse contains; for he shows why he had called the Chaldeans to take away the spoil—because it was to be so…

She is empty, and void, and waste
The city of Nineveh, empty of inhabitants, being killed, or having fled; and strip…

Nineveh shall not avert this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. A parti…