Verses 16-17
16, 17. The scene is now changed from sheol to earth; from a shadowy personage to an unburied corpse.
Look upon… consider thee Intently examine thee as some strange sight.
Is this the man Hardly a jibe, as some think, but a serious reflection on man’s feebleness.
Made the earth to tremble By his former power and tyranny. But now how fallen!
Made the world as a wilderness The world which would otherwise have been fruitful and habitable.
Opened not the house Set not his captives free to go homeward.
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