Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Ver. 13. Behold, he shall come up as clouds.] Swiftly and numerously.
His horses are swifter than eagles.] Which, though the biggest of all fowls, yet fly with greatest speed.
Woe unto us, for we are spoiled.] This he premiseth fitly to his exhortation to repentance; Jer 4:14 q.d., We are utterly undone, if repentance prevent not.
“ Currat ergo paenitentia, ne praecurrat sententia. ”