The anger of the Lord was hot. — (Psalms 78:59.) The language of the sad summary which follows should be compared with that of very similar passages which we find in various parts of the Bible (Psalms 106:34-45; Deuteronomy 32; 2 Kings 17; 2 Kings 17; 2 Kings 24:2-4; 2 Chronicles 36:11-21; Jeremiah 11:2-10).
He sold them. — We find the same expression in Judges 3:8; Judges 4:2; Judges 10:7; Deuteronomy 32:33; Psalms 44:12; Isaiah 1:1; comp. 2 Kings 17:20.
So that they could not any longer stand. — Comp. Leviticus 26:17, “Ye shall be slain before your enemies”; Deuteronomy 28:15-68.