And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in pride and in stoutness of heart,
And all the people shall know,.... The word of the Lord, and that it is his; and by sad experience shall feel the weight of it; or, "the people shall know the whole of it" (y); shall find that the whole of it will be accomplished, every punctilio in it; whatever is said is done, everything predicted by it, the substance of it, and every...
PROPHECY AS TO THE TEN TRIBES. (Isa. 9:8-10:4) Heading of the prophecy; (Isa 9:8-12), the first strophe. unto Jacob--against the ten tribes [LOWTH]. lighted upon--fallen from heaven by divine revelation (Dan 4:31).
Commenting on Isaiah 9:8-12
know--to their cost: experimentally (Hos 9:7). Samaria--the capital of Ephraim (compare as to phrase, Isa 1:1).