Concerning Damascus] The head citie of Syria, Isaiah 7:8. put here for the whole countrey, Isaiah 17:1. Amos 1:3. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad] Hamath, Numbers 13:21. and Arpad; Isaiah 37:13. two other cities, giving denomination to two other parts of the countrey. they have heard evill tidings] Of the coming of the Chaldeans. they are faint-hearted] Heb. melted. Isaiah 14:31. Ezekiel 21:15. sorrow on the sea] Or, as on the sea. Psal. 107. 25,—27. Or, on those that dwell upon the sea-coast, Isaiah 23:4. yet alluding withall to the unquietnesse and restlesnesse of the neighbouring sea, Isaiah 57:20. anguish and sorrows have taken her as a woman in travail] Psalms 48:6. Chap. 31. 21.