He had contrasted heaven and hell as places impossible for humans to reach; as David says, If I ascend into heaven, You are there: If I make my…

Serpent.— On this expre ion, i.e., the “waterserpent,” .

Here the Prophet denounces horrible punishments, but not without reason, for there was astonishing lethargy in that people, as there usually is in …

And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel
One of the highest mountains in the land of Israel; in the wood…

The prophet, in vision, saw the Lord standing upon the idolatrous altar at Bethel. Wherever sinners flee from God's justice, it will overtake them.…