Verse 19
19. And the rest of the trees The few men that are left after the consumption of the army, the “forest” figure being still kept up.
That a child may write them Or, number them. That is, the “trees” are so few as scarcely to exceed the digits; in poetry not an extravagant expression.
Thus much concerning the divine judgments on Assyria in return for its selfish part in the punishments of Israel, but probably a prophetic description in the gross; that is, genuine account of all punishments that ever came on the great world-kingdom in the East. The picture is seen in spaces, with its nearer parts distinct, but its remoter, shaded, yet clear enough for a full and complete end, or limit, to be observed. Still other views of this picture are to be given, and many details presented.
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