3. Three besetting sins of Israel are here renounced, trust in Assyria, application to Egypt for its cavalry (forbidden, Deuteronomy 17:16 ; compare Hosea 7:11 ; Hosea 11:5 ; Hosea 12:1 ; 2 Kings 17:4 ; Psalms 33:17 ; Isaiah 30:2 ; Isaiah 30:16 ; Isaiah 31:1 ), and idolatry. fatherless —descriptive of the destitute state of Israel, when severed from God, their true Father. We shall henceforth trust in none but Thee, the only Father of the fatherless, and Helper of the destitute ( Psalms 10:14 ; Psalms 68:5 ); our nation has experienced Thee such in our helpless state in Egypt, and now in a like state again our only hope is Thy goodness. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
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