Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
Ver. 18. Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke] Beza readeth it thus, Surely it is wrath, take heed lest with strokes it take thee away; i.e. Certainly the wrath of God doth in this thy calamity most manifestly show itself. Oh beware lest he double his strokes, and beat thee to pieces for thy disobedience and stubbornness. With the froward God will wrestle, Psalms 18:26, and add to their miseries seven times more, and seven times and seven to that, Leviticus 26:18; Leviticus 26:21; Leviticus 26:24; Leviticus 26:28 .
Then a great ransom cannot deliver thee] Heb. turn thee aside, or help thee to decline; that is, to escape, no, though thou shouldest offer thousands of rams, or ten thousand rivers of oil, as Micah 6:7 .