Let them all be confounded and turned back ... - This might be rendered in the indicative, “they are ashamed,” but the connection s…

So it seems that the one aimed at, and made to suffer, is the Church of God, "Zion." She has often been scourged and afflicted.

Her experienc…

All who hate Zion shall be confounded, and tutored backward. Whether we take this as a prayer or a promise, the Prophet refers to the time…

Let them all be confounded
Or "ashamed": as all the enemies of God's people will be sooner or later, either in this …

While God's people will flourish like the loaded palm tree or the green and fruitful olive, their enemies will wither like the grass upon the house…