Verse 7
7. Judah is only incidentally mentioned to form a contrast to Israel.
by the Lord their God—more emphatic than "by Myself"; by that Jehovah (Me) whom they worship as their God, whereas ye despise Him.
not . . . by bow—on which ye Israelites rely (Hosea 1:5, "the bow of Israel"); Jeroboam II was famous as a warrior (2 Kings 14:25). Yet it was not by their warlike power Jehovah would save Judah (1 Samuel 17:47; Psalms 20:7). The deliverance of Jerusalem from Sennacherib (Psalms 20:7- :), and the restoration from Babylon, are herein predicted.
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