16. shall see —the "marvellous things" ( Micah 7:15 ; Isaiah 26:11 ). confounded at all their might —having so suddenly proved unavailing: that might wherewith they had thought that there is nothing which they could not effect against God's people. lay . . . hand upon . . . mouth —the gesture of silence ( Job 21:5 ; Job 40:4 ; Psalms 107:42 ; Isaiah 52:15 ). They shall be struck dumb at Israel's marvellous deliverance, and no longer boast that God's people is destroyed. ears . . . deaf —They shall stand astounded so as not to hear what shall be said [GROTIUS]. Once they had eagerly drunk in all rumors as so many messages of victories; but then they shall be afraid of hearing them, because they continually fear new disasters, when they see the God of Israel to be so powerful [CALVIN]. They shall close their ears so as not to be compelled to hear of Israel's successes. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-17" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological