Evenings - See the margin. From its habit of skulking about in the twilight, the wolf is often called the “evening wolf” ([Reference Habakku…

A lion out of the forest.—The imagery is vivid in itself. The three forms of animal ferocity, lion, wolf, leopard—representing, perhaps, t…

But these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf …

Here, finally, God shows that he was moderate in his judgments, so that the wicked in vain charged him, as is usual with them, with too much severi…

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them
Meaning King Nebuchadnezzar out of Babylon, a place full of peopl…

None could be found who behaved as upright and godly men. But the Lord saw the true character of the people through all their disguises.

1. Here, punishment is threatened.

   First, he specifies the punishment concerning the killing of people: the lion of the forest…