And the people – In the army of Sennacherib.

As the burnings of lime – As if placed in a burning lime-kiln, where they must ce…

And the people shall be ... —The two images of destruction are singularly vivid. The limekiln and the oven which was fed …

And the peoples shall be the burnings of lime. He compares them to “the burning of lime,” because their hardness will be bruised, as fire …

And the people shall be [as] the burnings of lime Like chalk stones that are burnt to make lime of; which may denote not …

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…