the enemy] That is, the Idumean, See Chap. 35. 10. Chap. 25. 3. &26. 2.
had said against you] Hath triumphed and scoffed at your desolation.
the ancient high places] Heb. the everlasting hils. An epithet ordinarily given to high hils, Genesis 49:26. Deuteronomy 33:15. Habakkuk 3:6. by reason of their immoveable firmnesse: but by figure is chiefly meant the Church, founded upon Gods promises, and therefore the chiefest of all the world, Deuteronomy 32:13.