He was now in Babylon, north from Jerusalem, and being commanded to look toward the south, it is toward Jerusalem, and the land of Canaan.
Thy face; thy courage and undaunted mind, manifest in prophesying as thou art commissioned.
Drop; let thy word distil, begin with softer words ere thou shower down with the vehemency of a storm; prophesy so, Amo_7:16Mic_2:6.
The forest of the south field, i.e. Jerusalem, which was become like a forest for multitude of inhabitants, for barrenness, wildness, degeneracy, and sheltering wild beasts; murderers lodged in her.