31:8
Assyria was the immediate and obvious threat. She would indeed fall, but it would not be by human means. Judah was putting all her energies into finding human means of resisting Assyria, but all this would be to no avail. The Lord would intervene at the last moment to save Jerusalem. Assyria would become the defeated people.
31:9
The Assyrians were a fearful and boastful army. They had been conquering all before them, and they boasted of their great power. But a time would come when this supposedly great army would panic and glee in terror.
“Whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem”. Judah was a hopelessly disobedient people, yet they were God’s people, and His purposes would still be fulfilled through Israel. Those who write Israel off as having no further place in God’s plans are not very wise. In the same way, God’s plans are focused on humanity, for we were created in His image.
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