For the bed is shorter ... — This is evidently a proverbial saying and means that they would find all their places of defense insuf…

For the bed is shorter ... —The image represents vividly a policy that ended in failure. Hezekiah’s counselors had “made their bed,” and w…

For the bed shall be short. By this metaphor he adorns the former statement; for he compares the reprobate, who are pressed down by the ha…

For the bed is shorter than that [a man] can stretch
himself [on it]
When a bed is sh…

Here is a promise of Christ, as the only foundation of hope for escaping the wrath to come. This foundation was laid in Zion, in the eternal counse…

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…