Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword - The sword is often used as an instrument of punishment. It is not meant here literall…

Not of a mighty man ... —The Hebrew has no adjectives, but the nouns are those which are commonly opposed to each other i…

Then the Assyrian. The copulative ו (vau) is better translated as an adverb of time: “Then the Assyrian shall fall down.…

Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a
mighty man
That is, the Assyria…

They have been backsliding children, yet children; let them return, and their backslidings shall be healed, though they have sunk deep into misery …

1. Woe to them that go down. In this part, he threatens both the Egyptians and the Jews at the same time. Regarding this, he does t…