The prophet had declared that evil should come down on Samaria and Jerusalem for their sins. He had pronounced them sinners against God; he now spe…

Woe to them that devise. —The prophet proceeds to denounce the sins for which the country was to receive deserved punishm…

The Prophet does not speak here only against the Israelites, as some think, who have incorrectly limited this part of his teaching to the ten tribe…

Woe to them that devise iniquity Any kind of iniquity; idolatry, or worshipping of idols, for the word is used sometimes …

Woe to the people who devise evil during the night, and rise early to carry it into execution! It is bad to commit mischief on a sudden impulse, mu…