Wesley Corpus

Into the house - The courts of the temple, where the people were wont to pray. The day of the Lord - A day of greater trouble than yet they felt, troubles which God will heap upon them. Shall it come - Unless fasting, prayers and amendment prevent. Cut off - Devoured by locusts, or withered with drought. Laid desolate - Run to ruin because the owners discouraged with the barrenness of the seasons, would not repair them. The fire - The immoderate heats. The wilderness - The world, only means places not ploughed, and less inhabited than others. Cry - They utter their complaints, their sad tones, they have a voice to cry, as well as an eye to look to God.