The Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim... — The point of the reference to David’s victories at Baal Perazim (2 Samuel 5:20; 1 Chronicles 14:11), and at Gibeon (1 Chronicles 14:16) is that then Jehuah had interposed on behalf of His people against their enemies. The “new and strange” work — the very paradox of prophecy — was that He would now rise up to overthrow His own people.

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