The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought [them] down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
Ver. 2. The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jadah.] Kατεποντισε, a as the sea swalloweth up a ship; as an earthquake swalloweth up whole townships; as fire swalloweth up fuel, or as Moses' serpent swallowed up the sorcerers' serpents.
And hath not pitied.] This was worse than all the rest. Isa 47:6
He hath thrown down.] Not shaken them only, and so left them standing, but utterly subverted them, and that in great displeasure, Deo irritato, et irato. God set on the Chaldees, and was the author, not of their evil will, but of their work.
He hath brought them down to the ground.] Though for their height they seemed to threaten heaven.
He hath polluted the kingdom and the priests.] Which were held holy and inviolable. Profanavit regnum coeli, say some Rabbis here, He hath profaned the kingdom of heaven; for so they accounted the commonwealth of Israel, which Josephus calleth Yεοκρατειαν, a God government. But now God had disprivileged them, and cast them off as a thing of naught.
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