And the peaceable habitations are cut down
Or, "their peaceable ones", as the Targum; the palaces and
stately dwellings, in which they lived in great pomp and
prosperity, in great peace, plenty, and safety, are destroyed by
the enemy, and laid waste, and become desolate; yea, even those
that lived peaceably and quietly, and neither were disturbed
themselves, nor disturbed others, yet, as is usual in times of
war, share the same fate with their neighbours, who have been
more troublesome and molesting: because of the fierce anger
of the Lord;
or "from before [it], from the face [of it]"; shall be destroyed
by it, that being displayed; and using enemies as instruments in
the destruction of them. Sin is the cause of God's wrath and
fierce anger, and his wrath and anger the cause of the
destruction of men and their habitations, Whoever are the
instruments.
Jeremiah 25:37
