habitation = farm, or country house. Greek. epaulis. Only here.
desolate = desert: i.e. let the place he has thus acquired become a wilderness.
let, &c. Literally let there not (Greek. me.) be the dweller (Act_1:19).
therein = in (Greek. enApp-104.) it.
bishoprick. Greek. episcope, the office of an episcopos, or overseer. Occurs only here; Luk_19:44. 1Ti_3:1. 1Pe_2:12. Compare Act_1:17. This is a composite quotation from Psa_69:25, and Psa_109:8. App-107.