One thousand, &c.] Deuteronomy 32:30. of five] Leviticus 26:8. as a beacon, &c.] Or, a tree bereft of branches, or boughs; or, a mast. As a tree or two, left for masts, or for standers, or for seamarks; when all the wood about them hath been felled: a small remnant, through the mercy of God being reserved, when the main bulk and body of the multitude, by his just judgement were destroyed, Chap. 17. 9. & 37. 32. an ensigne on an hill] Chap. 13. 2.