And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
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Gill's Exposition
And behold at eveningtide trouble,.... Or terror (a) and consternation; which some understand of that which was in the Assyrian army, when the Angel of the Lord destroyed it, taking "evening for…
Barnes' Notes
At evening-tide trouble - In the time of evening - that is, in the night. Before the morning he is not - That is, he is destroyed. This is strikingly descriptive of the destruction of the army of…
These verses read the doom of those that spoil and rob the people of God. If the Assyrians and Israelites invade and plunder Judah, if the Assyrian army take God's people captive and lay their country…
Cambridge Bible
The destruction of the Assyrian shall be accomplished between evening and daybreak. The expression denotes a very short space of time, as in Psa 30:5; Job 27:19; but the destruction of Sennacherib's…
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