14. eventide . . . before morning--fulfilled to the letter in the
destruction "before morning" of the vast host that "at eveningtide" was
such a terror ("trouble") to Judah; on the phrase see
Ps 90:6; 30:5.
he is not--namely, the enemy.
us--the Jews. A general declaration of the doom that awaits the foes
of God's people
(Isa 54:17).
JFB.
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