The north – The ten tribes, settled by Salmanezer in the north of Assyria.

I will not cause my anger to fall upon you…

Toward the north. —The prophet utters his message toward the far land of Assyria and the cities of the Medes, to which th…

And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to me with her whole heart, but insincerely, says the LORD.

An…

The Prophet, after having shown that the tribe of Judah deserved a heavier punishment than the ten tribes, and having mentioned the cause: that the…

Go and proclaim these words towards the north
With his face thitherwards, towards Babylon, which lay north of Judea,…

See God's readiness to pardon sin, and the blessings reserved for gospel times. These words were proclaimed toward the north: to Israel, the ten tr…

Here, he calls them back from the punishment of captivity.