Destruction upon destruction is cried. — Literally, Breaking upon breaking, or crash upon crash, is reported.
Suddenly are my tents spoiled. — The tent dwelling retained its position even amid the cities and villages of Israel (2 Samuel 18:17; 1 Kings 8:66). The “curtains” are, of course, those of the tent (Isaiah 54:2). Conspicuous among such survivals of the nomad form of life we find the Rechabites of Jeremiah 35