They stubbornly charge at God with thick, strong shields.
“Judah, your brothers will praise you. You will grab your enemies by the neck, and your brothers will bow down to you.
During Ahaz’s troubles he was even more unfaithful to the Lord.
because they shake their fists at God and try to get their own way against the Almighty.
“Although the faces of the wicked are thick with fat, and their bellies are fat with flesh,
Everything was fine with me, but God broke me into pieces; he held me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
You made my enemies turn back, and I destroyed those who hated me.
No one from the east or the west or the desert can judge you.
But the king of Egypt said, “Who is the Lord? Why should I obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.”
