As a wandering bird, cast out of the nest
The unrest of the sinner
The picture represents the distress and bewilderment of the wrong-doer.
He does not know whether to go back to the old door and knock at it in the hope that it may be opened to him again by some kindly hand, or to flee away into the land of darkness and silence. “There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.” (J. Parker, D. D.)