For he says - The king of Assyria says. This verse and the following are designed to show the reason why the king of Assyria should be punis…

For he says, By the strength of my hand ... —Another reproduction of the style of the royal inscriptions of Assyria. (Com…

For he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it. The Prophet again repeats the highly blasphemous words that the Assyrian utte…

For he says, by the strength of my hand I have done [it] ,
&c.] Meaning either that by the power of his army, which …

See what a change sin made. The king of Assyria, in his pride, thought to act by his own will. The tyrants of the world are tools of Providence. Go…

1. Woe to them that make wicked laws. Here he begins to threaten the foreign enemies who persecute them physically.

He threa…