The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
The city of confusion lies broken down, its every house closed and barred so that none may enter. This wreck is the effect of God's cleansing judgments, which leave both city and earth desolate. The desolation is marked by the taking away of joy and of common pleasures.
In spiritual application the ruined city portrays persons brought low through worldly corruption and pollution, through strong drink, and through indulgence even to fleshly lusts. They are sunk in deep degradation and spiritual death, powerless to lift themselves and unable apart from help to discern the gospel call. Yet they are still prisoners of hope, to be sought out diligently and brought in to Christ.
The city of confusion lies broken down, its every house closed and barred so that none may enter. This wreck is the effect of God's cleansing judgments, which leave both city and earth desolate. The desolation is marked by the taking away of joy and of common pleasures.
In spiritual application the ruined city portrays persons brought low through worldly corruption and pollution, through strong drink, and through indulgence even to fleshly lusts. They are sunk in deep degradation and spiritual death, powerless to lift themselves and unable apart from help to discern the gospel call. Yet they are still prisoners of hope, to be sought out diligently and brought in to Christ.