Verse 11
11. drunken—made to drink of the cup of Jehovah's wrath (Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 51:21; Jeremiah 25:15).
hid—covered out of sight: a prediction remarkably verified in the state in which the ruins of Nineveh have been found [G. V. SMITH]. But as "hid" precedes "seek strength," c., it rather refers to Nineveh's state when attacked by her foe: "Thou who now so vauntest thyself, shalt be compelled to seek a hiding-place from the foe" [CALVIN] or, shalt be neglected and slighted by all [MAURER].
seek strength because of the enemy—Thou too, like Thebes (Jeremiah 25:15- :), shalt have recourse to other nations for help against thy Medo-Babylonian enemy.
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