Vers. 7.* 1.1 And thy chiefe vallies were full of Chariots: and the horse∣men set themselues in array against the gates.
IF this be a threat, it should be expounded in the time to come; to wit, And it shall come to passe. But because the words follow∣ing are put in the time past, and that it ap∣peares the Prophet speakes of things alrea∣die fallen out, I haue not been afraid to ap∣propriate this beginning to that which is by and by added.
The chiefe of the vallies, is taken for faire and fruitfull. Now he puts the Iewes in mind of these distresses, into which they were brought by Senacherib whilest hee besieged them, and whilest the enemies were before the gates of the Citie: for then ought they to haue fled vnto God for succour. But then did these poore Iewes runne so much the fur∣ther away from him, and the more shameful∣ly did they manifest their rebellion herein, shewing themselues vtterly desperate. There∣fore is it that hee vpbraides them with this obstinate rebellion.