In verse 8, the specter of their dead bodies was seen lying in the street of the great city; it was an open spectacle of shame upon “ the faithful city become an harlot.” (Isaiah 1:21) The once glorious city was figuratively called “ Sodom and Egypt,” a designation known to the Jews as symbols of wickedness. Jerusalem had become a spiritual Sodom and Egypt. (Jeremiah 23:14; Ezekiel 16:46-52; Isaiah 1:10) The great city is identified in the text as Jerusalem by the description where also our Lord was crucified, of which, and in reference to himself, Jesus said, “ for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.” (Luke 13:33; Matthew 23:34-37) It was consistent with all aspects of the scene to designate Jerusalem as Sodom and Egypt. The two names in biblical history were synonymous with abominable wickedness, oppression and persecution. Both designations--the holy city, and Sodom and Egypt--were adaptable to the checkered history of Jerusalem.