The argument in these two verses is this: ‘The nations which I have subdued were professedly under the protection of idol gods. Yet those idols wer…

As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols. — The word “idols” seems hardly appropriate as a word of scorn in the mo…

As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols. The Assyrian now breaks out into even more outrageous language, for not only does he insu…

As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols
Which worship idols, as the Targum paraphrases it. He speaks of them …

See what a change sin made. The king of Assyria, in his pride, thought to act by his own will. The tyrants of the world are tools of Providence. Go…

1. Woe to them that make wicked laws. Here he begins to threaten the foreign enemies who persecute them physically.

He threa…