And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest - The army of the Assyrians, described here as a thick, dense forest; compare Isai…

And he will cut down the thick places of the forest with iron. There is no difficulty in explaining this metaphor, for it is plain enough …

And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with
iron
The multitude of the commo…

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…