Who is the wise man that may understand this] Where is the wise man among all your wise ones, Chap. 8. 8. that taketh notice of this, or apprehendeth the reason of it? which indeed none but those, who are truly wise, can do Psalms 107:43. Hosea 14:9. that he may declare] Or, let him shew. for what the land perisheth] Or, why doth the land perish, &c. or, why the land perisheth, &c. like a wildernesse that none passeth through] Chap. 2. 6. Vers. 10.