That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners—the catalogue of the king's crimes, with the specific mention of destruction of cities and refusal to release prisoners suggesting a pattern of cruelty and destruction. The characterization of the world made a wilderness emphasizes the totality of devastation caused by the king's reign. This verse establishes the moral justification for the judgment.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

Publish a note on this verse