In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

Ver. 32. The Lord began to cut Israel short.] By turning in the Syrians upon them, to waste their country.

And Hazael smote them.] Exercising those inhuman cruelties upon them foretold by Elisha, 2Ki 8:12 and that in Jehu's lifetime, res Israelis fuerunt accisae, notwithstanding all his might. 2Ki 10:34 For his calf worship, his puissance was turned into pusillanimity, and his glory into shame. The like befell Henry IV of France, after that he turned Papist.

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