For the Lord has turned away—or rather, restores—the excellency of Jacob. He speaks of what should come as if it has already come. For Ninev…

Better, For Jehovah restores the glory of Jacob, so that it is as the glory of [ancient] Israel, though the plunderers plundered them …

The waster spoken of here by the Prophet, some consider him to have been Sennacherib, and others, Nebuchadnezzar. The verb עלה, ole, is al…

For the Lord has turned away the excellency of Jacob, as
the excellency of Israel

Nineveh shall not avert this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. A parti…