For - This verse is to be understood as a response to what the complaining and dissatisfied people had said, as expressed in the previous ve…

With stammering lips and another tongue ... —The “stammering lips” are those of the Assyrian conquerors, whose speech wou…

For with stammering lips. Some suggest that it means, “it is as if one were to say”; but that is unnecessary. I therefore view these words…

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he
speak to this people .
] Or "has …

The prophet next turns to Judah, whom he calls the residue of his people. Happy are those alone who glory in the Lord of hosts himself. Therefore, …

1. Woe to the crown. In this part, he i ues a threat against those who scorn the predictions of the prophets.

   First, he thre…