Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
Ver. 22. Thus saith the Lord.] It is not in vain that this is so oft prefaced to the ensuing prophecies. Dictum Iehovae The word the Lord is very emphatic and authoritative.
Behold, a people cometh from the north.] This the prophet had oft foretold for forty years together; sed surdis fabulam, but he could not be believed.