Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.

Ver. 4. Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners,] i.e., Without any fault of mine. Hos 13:9 Or, as some render it, Ne corruat inter vinctos, et inter occisos cadant; that it, your glory, should not bow down under the prisoners, and they fall under the slain; i.e., that ye be not some of you captivated, and others slain by the enemy. And yet behold a worse matter.

For all this his anger is not turned away.] Endless torments will follow, unless ye prevent them by repentance, and all your present sufferings are nothing else but a typical hell. a Ecce quot mala a contemptu Dei proveniunt.

a Hac oratione vir sanctus impios crueatat, et vulaerat. - Osor.

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