How can it be quiet, &c.] Heb. how canst thou. as Ezekiel 31:10. An answer to the Prophets suit. Or his own replie, as recalling himself. It cannot stay, till Gods work be done, and his will and word fulfilled. against Ashkelon] Vers. 5. against the sea-shore] The Philistines: whose countrey coasted on the midland sea. Joshua 15:46-47.