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Your tacklings - This is evidently an address to Sennacherib. The mention of the war-galley and the ship seems to have suggested the applica…

Your tacklings are loosed ... —The words have been taken as applicable either to Assyria, as one of the “ ships …

Thy cords were loosed. He directs his discourse to the Assyrians, and through them, he also addresses all the enemies of the Church. After…

Your tacklings are loosed
Or "are left" F8; forsaken by the mariners, as being of no use and service:

The true believer watches against all occasions of sin. The Divine power will keep him safe, and his faith in that power will keep him at ease. He …

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…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes