The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
Ver. 8. The Lord sent a word into Jacob.] He sent it as a shaft out of a bow, that will be sure to hit. God loves to forewarn; but woe be to those that will not be warned. The Septuagint render it, The Lord sent a plague, or death, into Jacob; and indeed after the white horse followeth the red and the black. Revelation 6:2 ; Rev 6:4-5 Like as Tamerlane, that warlike Scythian, displayed first a white flag in token of mercy; and then a red, menacing and threatening blood; and then, lastly, a black flag, the messenger and ensign of death, was hung abroad.
And it hath lighted upon Israel.] (1.) They were not ignorant of such a word; Isa 9:9 (2.) They could neither avert nor avoid his wrath.