And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
Ver. 30. And the firstborn of the poor shall feed,] i.e., God's poor people shall; who though never so poor - as they were at a very low ebb under Ahaz - were God's "firstborn," and, in that respect, "higher than the kings of the earth." Psa 89:27
And I will kill thy root.] See Zephaniah 2:4. See Trapp on " Zep 2:4 "