Isa 3:26, 24:4 | JFB | STEP | 26. gates-- The place of concourse personified is represented mourning for the loss of those multitudes which once frequented it. desolate ... sit upon ... ground-- the very figure under which Judea was represented on medals after the destruction by Titus: a female sitting under a palm tree in a posture of grief; the motto, Judæa capta ( ; , where, as here primarily, the destruction by Nebuchadnezzar is alluded to).

‏ Isaiah 3:26

26. gates--The place of concourse personified is represented mourning for the loss of those multitudes which once frequented it.

desolate ... sit upon ... ground--the very figure under which Judea was represented on medals after the destruction by Titus: a female sitting under a palm tree in a posture of grief; the motto, Judæa capta (Job 2:13; La 2:10, where, as here primarily, the destruction by Nebuchadnezzar is alluded to).

‏ Isaiah 24:4

4. world--the kingdom of Israel; as in Is 13:11, Babylon.

haughty--literally, "the height" of the people: abstract for concrete, that is, the high people; even the nobles share the general distress.