The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble [is] near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
Ver. 7. The morning is come unto thee.] a The morning of execution (as Jer 21:12 Psa 101:8 cf. Hos 10:15 Gen 19:23-24), worse than the Sicilian Vespers or the French massacre. Thine utter destruction, bene mane in te irruet, shall be upon thee early, as it was upon Sodom, and as the morning light breaketh in upon those that are fast asleep. Sicut decoctores multa sibi promittunt, interim pereunt. So it befalleth the wicked. b
The day of trouble is near.] Hajom mehumah. "Day" in Hebrew is thought to have its name from the stir and noise that is made in it, the humming noise and bustle of business. A troublesome and tumultuous day is here forethreatened, such as that in Isa 22:5 Zephaniah 1:14,17 .
Not the sounding again of the mountains.] Not an empty sound, or an echo - resonabilis echo c - but a worse matter, that shall do more than beat the air.
a Visitaberis summo mane, id est mature. - Piscat.
b Florulenta felicitas occidit. - Oecol.
c Virgil.