But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name [was] Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage [that] reacheth up unto heaven.
Ver. 9. And he went before the host.] He put his life in his hand, and met them in the face. This was a bold attempt: and God, of whom it was, succeeded it. Prophets have ever been reverenced; poets were among the Greeks, as Tyrtaeus and others; the Bard; a kind of priests, were here in Albion by the greatest commanders. Zedekiah, a king, is here taxed for not humbling himself before Jeremiah, a poor prophet. 2Ch 36:12
And ye have slain them with a rage.] Which is the worst counsellor, as knowing neither mean nor measure.
That reacheth unto heaven.] That thing must needs be very great, one end whereof reacheth as high as heaven.