* I will.
5:25-30 10:5,6,32 17:14 24:1-12 33:7-9 36:22 37:3
Jer 32:28-32 39:4,5
* and it shall.
Or, as Bp. Lowth renders, "and it shall be unto me as the
hearth of the great altar;" that is, it shall be the seat of
the fire of God, which shall issue from thence to consume his
enemies. The hearth of the altar is expressly called {ariel}
by Ezekiel, ch. 43:15; which is put, in the former part of the
verse, for Jerusalem, the city in which the altar was. The
subject of this and the four following chapters, says Bp.
Lowth, is the invasion of Sennacherib; the great distress of
the Jews while it continued; their sudden and unexpected
deliverance by God's immediate and miraculous interposition on
their behalf; the subsequent prosperous state of the kingdom
under Hezekiah; interspersed with severe reproofs and threats
of punishment for their hypocrisy, stupidity, infidelity,
their want of trust in God, and their vain reliance on the
assistance of Egypt; and with promises of better times, both
immediately to succeed, and to be expected in the future age.
34:6 Eze 22:31 24:3-13 39:17 Zep 1:7,8 Re 19:17,18
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