I will break the bow of Elam] In stead of that yoke, which Hananiah brake, implying a dissolution of the Chaldean power, Chap. 28. 2. God threatneth to break the bow, that is, the main might, Psalms 37:15. Hosea 1:5. of Elam, by that Chaldean power; that so Zedekiah, by ruine of that people thus foretold, might conceive small hope of having that made good, which that false Prophet endevoured to make him beleeve, Chap. 29. 3, 4. the bow] Which they trusted most unto; as being expert archers, Psalms 18:34. & Psalms 46:9. Chap. 51. 56. See Isaiah 22:6.