And your spoil – The booty that the Assyrian army had gathered in their march toward Jerusalem, and which would now be left by them to be co…

Your spoil ... —The words are addressed to the invader. He who came to spoil should find himself spoiled. As caterpillars…

And your prey shall be gathered. Here he addresses the Assyrians, unless it is considered preferable to refer it to the Jews and to take t…

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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…