3. fortress . . . cease--The strongholds shall be pulled down
(Samaria especially:
Ho 10:14;
Mic 1:6;
Hab 1:10).
remnant of Syria--all that was left after the overthrow by
Tiglath-pileser
(2Ki 16:9).
as the glory of . . . Israel--They shall meet with the same fate as
Israel, their ally.
JFB.
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