In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
In the town all is waste, and in the public place is destruction.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
And the gate is smitten with destruction - The word rendered 'destruction' may denote 'a crash' (Gesenius). The idea is, that the gates of the city, once so secure, are how battered down and demolished, so that the enemy ran enter freely. Thus far is a description of the calamities that would come upon the nation. The following verses show that, though the desolation would be general, a few of the inhabitants would be left - circumstance thrown in to mitigate the prospect. of the impending ruin.