All that are in the utmost corners — Really, all who have the corners of their hair shorn. The people meant are those Arabs who cut…

Egypt, and Judah ... —The nations enumerated were all alike, the Egyptians certainly (Herod. ii. 36, 37), and the others, as belon…

Egypt, and Judah, and Edom,

You see that Judah is sandwiched between Egypt and Edom.

Those who were the people of God are pu…

The Prophet, after having removed the obstacle which he saw hindered the Jews from reverently receiving the truth of God, now speaks more sharply a…

Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and
Moab
Places and people among which the Jews were…

In this world of sin and sorrow, ending soon in death and judgment, how foolish it is for people to glory in their knowledge, health, strength, ric…

1. Here, he excludes false confidence in escape: let not the wise glory in his wisdom—as if hoping to free himself by this—w…