When—or, For I have bent Judah for me as a mighty bow; which is only drawn at full human strength, the foot being placed to steady …

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…

When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and made you as the s…

God declares here that the Jews would be the conquerors of all nations, though they were then despised. That people, we know, were hated by all; an…

When I have bent Judah for me
By whom are meant the apostles, who were Jews, and whose ministrations were made use o…

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 …