Isaiah 10:24

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

Ver. 24. O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid.] Quam paterne omnia. As a father bespeaketh his little son passing with him through a dark entry, &c.

He shall smite thee with a rod.] Chasten thee, but not slay thee. a Sinite virgam corripientem, ne sentiatis malleum conterentem.

And shall lift up his staff against thee.] Or, But he shall lift up his staff for thee, so some render it - i.e., God shall, and that "after the manner of Egypt," as of old he did for the fathers against Pharaoh.

a Non occidet te, quamvis vapulet. - Oecolamp.