They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way - literally, in a desert of a way; in that which is a mere desert (Jeshimon), so far as a way is concerned: a desert in its waylessness. Compare Psalms 107:40: cf. Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalms 68:7. The allusion is to God's original guidance of His people through the wilderness: a type of His future restoration of them through all difficulties.
They found no city to dwell in - as contrasted with Jerusalem, the city of God, which, as being the sacred metropolis in a national and religious, though not in a local and literal sense, the whole people dwelt in. Compare Psalms 101:8,