Her king is cut off like foam - (or, more probably, “a straw”) on the (literally, “face of the”) water. A bubble, or one of those l…

Foam ... Water.— One of the most striking images in the prophecy. The word qetseph, rendered “foam”—…

The Prophet proceeds with the same subject, and this should not be considered useless verbosity. It would indeed have been sufficient to threaten t…

[As for] Samaria The metropolis of the ten tribes of Israel, and here put for the whole kingdom:

A vine is only valuable for its fruit; but Israel now brought no fruit to perfection. Their hearts were divided. God is the Sovereign of the heart;…