“For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.”
The lament over devastation: 'I will weep and wail for the mountains and take up a lament concerning the wilderness pastures. They are desolate and untraveled, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. The birds have all fled and the animals are gone.' This verse depicts the land emptied by judgment: mountains, pastures, cattle, birds, and animals are all gone or departed. The image of untraveled wilderness suggests depopulation and desolation. Theologically, this verse indicates that judgment extends to the land itself; creation will be transformed by the destruction of human society.
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