Deceitfully – Better as in the margin.

Cursed be he ... —To the prophet the destruction of the tyrannous haughtiness was a righteous retribution in which he saw…

The Prophet here encourages the Chaldeans to severity, so that they would not stop until they had destroyed that nation. We have said that the prop…

Cursed [be] he that does the work of the Lord deceitfully ,
&c.] Which is said with respect to the Chaldeans, who we…