kinde a fire in thee] Namely, the Chaldean warre.
green tree in thee] All manner of people indifferently, both good and bad, vers. 8. many righteous men being also entangled in these temporall judgements. See Luke 23:31. Others say, that by thse green trees, and just men, are meant those which are not so guiltie as others: Or young and old, weake and strong, poore and rich.
all faces] Those that are not consumed therewith, shall be brought into extreme miserie. See Lamentations 4:8. &Lamentations 5:10.
from the south to the north] From one end of the Countrey to the other.