unwalled villages] Meaning Judea, which was destroyed, and not yet built again: and this black face or sad condition befell her from the vastation wrought by the Chaldeans under king Nebuchadnezzar, who destroyed the cities and defenced places, leaving them but unwalled towns. rest] Declaring hereby the simplicitie of the godly, who seeke not so much to fortifie themselves by outward force, as to depend on the providence and goodnesse of God. safely] Or, confidently: or, securely.