And I will cut off the chariot - The horse is the symbol of worldly power, as the a is of meekne . “Some,” says the Psalmist, put their …

The advent of the king. It has been urged as an objection against the post-exilic authorship of this pa age that “Ephraim” and “Jerusalem” are ment…

And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto t…

The Prophet here expresses more clearly what he had briefly referred to by the word poor, and by the metaphor which we have explained. The…

And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
That is, the military one; signifying that wars shall cease, ([Reference…

The prophet bursts forth with a joyful representation of the coming of the Messiah, whom the ancient Jews understood this prophecy to be about. He …