Come out of thee. — Another possible rendering is, He has retired from thee [i.e., Jerusalem], who imagineth... We prefer the rendering of the Authorised Version, and regard the verse as addressed to Nineveh. The reference in the verses following is sufficiently plain for us to identify this enemy of God with Sennacherib. (Comp. the language used by his envoy Rabsbakeh in 2 Kings 18:19)

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