The city of confusion (or of chaos, Genesis 1:2) need not mean "the city destined to become a chaos," still less "the city of idolatry," which of course would be epithets inapplicable to Jerusalem. It may simply be equivalent to "the wasted city."

every house … come in (cf. ch. Isaiah 23:1) i.e. the surviving inhabitants have barred their doors, suspicious of the intrusion of unbidden guests.

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