Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These [are] the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up [their] horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
Ver. 21. What come these to do?] He asketh not what they were? for by their tools or weapons he perceived they were carpenters or smiths (as some think), with iron instruments to break these iron horns; confer 1 Kings 22:11. He inquireth, therefore, of their employment only. Futilous and foolish questions should be avoided, Titus 3:9 .
So that no man did lift up his head] Turn head, or look cheerfully, as Luke 21:28 .
But these are come to fray them] Deterere, saith the Vulgate; better deterrere, to frighten them, now that they had pushed Israel to the Lord.
To cast out, &c.] Thus Omne sub regno graviore regnum est. See Ecclesiastes 5:7. See Trapp on " Ecc 5:7 "