by fire] Meaning, that Gods indignation was inflamed against the stubbornnesse of this people Or, it may be understood either of that extreme drought which hath been spoken of, Amos 4. 7, 8. Or figuratively, by extermination by the fire of warre, which had already consumed the Countrey. 2 Kings 15:26. it devoured the great deep] It seemed to be so, by reason that the springs and streams, which rise from under ground, where the deep is, Genesis 7:11. Deuteronomy 33:13. were dried up. did eat up a part] To wit, of the land; for one part of the land was watered with rain. Amos 4:7.