Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not - Like Samson, when, for sensual pleasure, he had betrayed the source of his stren…

Have devoured—The past tense may refer to the invasions of Tiglath-pileser. Both Egypt and Assyria had come to regard Isr…

The Prophet follows the same subject: that Israel had not repented, though the Lord had in various ways invited them to repentance, and even constr…

Strangers have devoured his strength Or his substance, as the Targum; his wealth and riches, fortresses and strong holds:…

Israel was as a cake not turned, half burnt and half dough, none of it fit for use; a mixture of idolatry and of the worship of Jehovah. There were…