this people] The Ephraimites, or Israelites, that scorn Jerusalem, and the people thereof, as few and feeble, and by conspiring with the Syrians, think to surprise and subdue it, Chap. 7. 2, 6.
refuseth] Or, scorneth. as Judges 9:38. Chap. 33. 8.
Shiloah] A fountain, which rising at the foot of mount Zion, yeeldeth a rivelet, that ran throught the lower Citie, Psalms 46:4. John 9:7. put here for the citie it self.
rejoyce in] Vaunt themselves in the strength of those two kings, Chap. 7. 1.