Shall the axe... — In this verse, God reproves the pride and arrogance of the Assyrian monarch. He does this by reminding him that …

Shall the ax boast itself ...? —The words spoken by the prophet as the mouthpiece of Jehovah remind us of the way in whic…

Shall the axe boast? He now ridicules more strongly the mad effrontery of the Assyrians in imagining that he could create mountains of gol…

Shall the axe boast itself against him that hews therewith
&c.] Hitherto are the words of the Assyrian monarch; and here begin…

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…