And all the people shall know, [even] Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
Ver. 9. And all the people shall know.] Know it they do already; but they shall know it by woeful experience. He that trembleth not in hearing, shall be crushed to pieces in feeling, said Mr Bradford, martyr.
That say in pride and stoutness of heart.] The poet could say of his Ajax - αγηνορια δι μιν εκτα - His pride undid him. So doth it many a man; especially when come to that height that it fighteth against God, as here. When earthen pots will needs be dashing against the "rock of ages," and doing this or that al despito di Dio, as that profane Pope once said, whether God will or no; divine vengeance dogs at heels such desperadoes.