toward the south] Namely, toward Judea, which lay Southward from Chaldea where the Prophet was. drop thy word] That is, speak and preach like a Prophet: a terme which seemes to be taken from Deuteronomy 32:2. See Amos 7:16. Micah 2. 6. 11. forest of the south-field] That is, Jerusalem, and the people which are therein: great Cities and multitudes of people being often times likened to forests, Isaiah 9:18. &Isaiah 10:18. &Isaiah 32:19. Jeremiah 21:14. &Jeremiah 46:23.