Thereforeshould be simply and. the strength of battle the violence of war, which (as in ch. Isaiah 9:18 ff. etc.) is compared to a fire. he knew not i.e. "understood it not;" hardly, "heeded it not." Israel felt its calamities keenly enough, but did not comprehend their significance, as a visitation from Jehovah. Note the contrast in ch. Isaiah 43:2.

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