For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
Ver. 18. As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth,] a scil., Like scalding lead or burning bell-metal, b which runneth fiercely, spreadeth far, and burneth extremely.
Upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem.] Out of which fire I have late pulled you as a brand; the smell thereof is yet upon your clothes, as it were: Cavete. Beware.
a Metaph. a metallis.
b The substance of which bells are made; an alloy of copper and tin, the tin being in larger proportion than in ordinary bronze.