Verse 16
16. Therefore… the Lord Haadon, a term implying supremacy, supreme judge, sovereign ruler.
The Lord of hosts The term denoting commander of all agencies.
Shall… send Will commission one to inflict upon the fat ones, or well-fed Assyrian magnates, (observe the masses of flesh in the men of the Assyrian sculptures,) razon, a withering disease, like a galloping consumption. This word is among the diseases named in Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:22.
And under his glory The Assyrian’s glory was his army.
A burning like the burning of a fire The Hebrew alliteration is, Yekad, y’kod, cicodish, painted tones, such as almost makes audible the crackling, spluttering, and hissing of fires burning all within their reach. Storms of lightning, plague, and such like agencies were at God’s command in destroying the Assyrian armies. See 2 Kings 7:6; 2 Kings 19:35.
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