O Lord - This is a solemn prayer to Yahweh, made by the Jews in their apprehension of the Assyrian invasion. It does not mean that this pray…

O Lord, be gracious ... —Faith transforms itself into prayer. The prophet will still “wait” upon God. In the change of pe…

O Jehovah, have pity upon us. This sentiment was added by the Prophet to remind the godly where they ought to turn in such distresses, eve…

O Lord, be gracious unto us
This is a prayer of the church under the persecutions of antichrist, imploring the grace…

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…