Raised – Or, awakened, to undertake distant expeditions.

The sides of the earth – Or ends, the most distant regions .

From the north country ... — The words point, as in Jeremiah 1:13-15, to the Chaldean, perhaps, also, to…

It was no useless repetition when the Prophet said so often that God said. He might have said only, “Behold, a nation shall come from the …

Thus says the Lord, behold, a people comes from the north country

The Assyrians from Babylon, which lay north of J…

God rejects their outward services, as worthless to atone for their sins. Sacrifice and incense were to direct them to a Mediator; but when offered…

1. Here, he describes the coming of the enemy explicitly.

First, he describes the nature of the enemy.

Second, the incorrigibi…