saith the LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle.
from. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and from", thus forming the Figure of speech Polysyndeton. App-6.
life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
he shall not spare. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:50).