For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an (r) iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against her princes, against her priests, and against the people of the land.
(r) Signifying on the one hand that the more that Satan and the world rage against God's ministers, the more present will he be to help them, (Joshua 1:5; Hebrews 13:5) and on the other hand, that they are utterly unfit to serve God in his Church, who are afraid and do not resist wickedness, whatever danger depend on it, (Isaiah 50:7; Ezekiel 3:8).