Within a year - What has been said before was figurative. Here the prophet speaks without a metaphor and fixes the time when this would be…

According to the years of an hireling ... The prophet uses, as in Isaiah 16:14, the formula which expressed the most prec…

For so has the Lord said to me. He adds that this defeat of the Arabians, of which he prophesied, is close at hand, which tended greatly t…

For thus has the Lord said unto me The prophet; which confirms what is before said, as well as assures the accomplishment…

The Arabians lived in tents and kept cattle. A destroying army will be brought upon them and make them an easy prey.

We do not know what str…

1. The burden of the desert of the sea. Here the prophet threatens the enemies who oppre ed Israel by taking their goods, ev…