Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
Ver. 6. Forasmuch as this people.] The ten revolted tribes, not worth the naming. see Isa 7:6
Refuse the waters of Shiloah.] Slight and contemn the small means and strength of the Church: Humilem et obscurum stature regni Zionis.
That run softly] At the foot of Mount Zion, creeping and crooking, slowly and slyly; called therefore, as some think, the dragon's well. Neh 2:13 Caesar a saith the like of the river Araris, probably Sone; and the poet Claudian of the Nile,
“ Lene fluit Nilus, sed cunctis amnibus extat
Utilior, nullas coafessus murmure vires. ”
And rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son.] "Rejoice in a thing of nought," as Amos's expression is in Amos 6:13 . The Hebrew here hath it thus: And joy is to Rezin, &c.; that is, the Syrians and Israelites both are much cheered up to see that Judah is at so great an under, and so easy to be overcome, as they think.
a De Bell. Gall., lib. i.