20. heifer —wanton, like a fat, untamed heifer ( Hosea 10:11 ). Appropriate to Egypt, where Apis was worshipped under the form of a fair bull marked with spots. destruction —that is, a destroyer: Nebuchadnezzar. Vulgate translates, "a goader," answering to the metaphor, "one who will goad the heifer " and tame her. The Arabic idiom favors this [ROSENMULLER]. cometh . . . cometh —The repetition implies, it cometh surely and quickly ( Hosea 10:11- : ). out of the north —(See on Jeremiah 1:14 ; Jeremiah 1:14- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-21" class="com-number"
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