Amos 4:10

After the manner of Egypt] 'Life and death march in “double companies” through Egypt. All epidemics revel here.' 2 Kings 13:7 is an illustration of the loss of horses. We are to think of the people as shut up in a fetid camp, with decaying bodies of men and horses, and all the other foul odours of the East.

11. The overthrow of these cities had become a type of utter destruction (Deuteronomy 29:23; Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 13:19; Jeremiah 49:18; Jeremiah 50:40). The brand plucked out of the burning is a figure for grievous damage.