The prophet addresses the spoilers.

Evil neighbors: The Syrians, Edomites, Moabites, Ammonites, and Philistines, who at all times took…

Thus says the Lord. —The introduction of a new me age from Jehovah, speaking through the prophet, is indicated by the usu…

The Prophet now begins to mitigate what might have excessively provoked the minds of the people; and this he did, not so much for the sake of the p…

Thus says the Lord against all my evil neighbours. Or, "concerning" ^F8 them; the Egyptians, Philistines, Moabi…

The Lord would plead the cause of his people against their evil neighbors. Yet he would afterwards show mercy to those nations, when they learn tru…

Here, he speaks of the comfort that will arise from the punishment of the enemy, addressing three points.

1. He speaks of their remov…