It may be] A phrase taken from men, when they conceal their minde in such things, as there is strong hope they will do. It is a word of good hope and confidence: as 1 Samuel 14:6. and 2 Samuel 16:12. will hear] Will shew that he hears by confounding the devices of so proud an enemy. reproach] By putting him in the rank of dumb, senselesse idols, chap. 18. v. 35. reprove] By shewing how vain and false they are. remnant] For the tn tribes were swept away: and many of the tribe of Judah, which dwelt in the cities that Sennacherib took (chap. 18. v. 13.) were destroyed. left] Heb. found.