Verse 19
19. fierce people—The Assyrians shall not be allowed to enter Jerusalem ( :-). Or, thou shalt not any longer see fierce enemies threatening thee as previously; such as the Assyrians, Romans, and the last Antichristian host that is yet to assail Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 28:49; Deuteronomy 28:50; Jeremiah 5:15; Zechariah 14:2).
stammering—barbarous; so "deeper," &c., that is, unintelligible. The Assyrian tongue differed only in dialect from the Hebrew, but in the Assyrian levies were many of non-Semitic race and language, as the Medes, Elamites, &c. (see on Zechariah 14:2- :).
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