Now - This verse commences another transition. In the previous verses, the desolation of the land had been described, and the hopelessness…

Now will I rise ... —We note the emphatic iteration of the adverb of time. Man’s necessity was, as ever, to be God’s oppo…

Now will I rise. There is great force in the particle now, and likewise in the repetition which is added, I shall be exalted,…

Now will I rise, says the Lord

Here we have the proud and false destroyer justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence. The righteous God often pays sinners in their own c…

1. Woe to you who plunder. In this part, the prophet begins to foretell the destruction of Israel’s enemies. This is presented in t…