An only evil - An evil singular and remarkable above all others.

An only evil. —That is, an evil so all-embracing as to be complete in itself, and need no repetition. Compare the same thought in …

If we read אחת (acheth) or אחר (acher), the sense seems to me the same—an evil, another evil has come: that is, one evil…

Thus says the Lord God
Here should be a stop, a colon, requiring attention to what follows, it being something awful…

The abruptne of this prophecy, and the many repetitions, show that the prophet was deeply affected by the prospect of these calamities. Such will t…