Behold, the Lord ... - The prophet had described, in the previous verses, the march of the Assyrians toward Jerusalem, station by s…

Behold, ... the Lord of hosts ... —The sudden change of tone indicates another pressure of the “strong hand” of Jehovah ([Referenc…

Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror Cut off the king of Assyria and his army, in a most …

Through our afflictions, we may learn not to place our confidence in created things. Only those who return to him in truth, not in pretense and out…

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

He threa…