6. from the habitation of the Lord] Compare xxiv. 18 “they forsook the house of the Lord” (see note).
habitation] Hebrew “tabernacle,” as in Exodus xxv. 9, al.
⁷Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
7. Contrast 2 Kings xvi. 10–16, where Ahaz appears as an innovator in ritual but also as a zealous advocate of worship in the Temple.
the lamps] compare xiii. 11; Exodus xxv. 31 ff.
⁸Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to be tossed to and fro[¹], to be an astonishment, and an hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
[¹] Or, a terror.
8. to be tossed to and fro] Better, as margin, to be a terror (or “cause of trembling”). The judgement on Israel fills the surrounding nations with trembling for themselves. The rendering of the text “tossed to and fro” is inferior because the Hebrew word describes “trembling” and not “motion from place to place.”
⁹For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. ¹⁰Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
10. a covenant] Compare xv. 12.