Jeremiah 9:2

Oh that. had in the wilderness. lodging place.

The wilderness was an uninhabited region,. desert, where men were seldom seen. There were no hotels in those days, but lodging places were erected here and there where the wayfarer could find shelter. Sad of heart, weary, disappointed, the prophet sighs for such. lonely lodge in order that he might be. witness no longer to the abominations and the sorrows which were so shortly to be visited on his people. He was tired of his struggle with the wicked, of his constant danger from "treacherous men." The passage from verse. to. can only be understood in the light of what we have said in the introduction concerning the parties and feuds which filled the land with discord.