Five] a small number. Language of Canaan] Hebrew. Swear] i.e. swear allegiance. Shall be called] as deserving the name (Isaiah 1:26).

City of destruction] i.e. Heliopolis, the city of the sun (Irhacheres), but by a slight change in one letter (Irhaheres), the prophet symbolically indicates its fate—the place where the sun was worshipped will be destroyed. Somewhat similarly Beth-El ('house of God') is written Beth Aven ('house of nought'), Hosea 4:15, and Bosheth ('shame') stands for Baal (Jeremiah 11:13).

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