“For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.”
King James Version (KJV)
4:6 Retire - Make haste away.
4:7 The lion - Nebuchadnezzar, so called from his fierceness and strength.
4:9 The heart - They shall have no heart to do any thing, they shall not be able to help their people, either by their counsel or arms. Prophets - False prophets that had nothing but visions of peace for them.
4:10 Deceived - Hast suffered them to be deceived by their false prophets. Whereas - To persuade them it should be well with them, when the sword is at the door, not only ready to take away the comforts of life, but even life itself.