Verse 1
Set the trumpet, &c. See Hosea 5:8 . Compare Isaiah 58:1 .
He shall come. Supply the Ellipsis ( App-6 ) thus: "[It (i.e. the threatened judgment)] is coming", &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:49 ). App-92 .
as. This is not merely comparison but assertion: i.e. swiftly. It is not the eagle that comes against the Temple. Compare Jeremiah 4:13 .Habakkuk 1:8 .
the Lord. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 .
transgressed. Hebrew. 'abar. App-44 . Same word as in Hosea 6:7 ; not the same as in Hosea 7:13 ; Hosea 14:9 .
My covenant . . . My law. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:13 ), where a like Alternation is found. App-92 .
trespassed. Hebrew. pasha' . App-44 Israel shall cry, &c. Render: "to Me will they cry: 'My God, ' we know Thee: Israel [knoweth Thee]".
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 .
we know Thee. Compare 2 John 1:8; 2 John 1:8 :54 , John 8:55 .Isaiah 29:13 (Matthew 15:8 ).
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