as a man wipeth a dish] The description is of a thing that is done
with, and will be used no more. 'To turn it upside down', is literally
'to turn it upon the face thereof, a rendering which brings out very
completely the intention of using the dish no more. Such God de-
clares will be His manner of dealing with Jerusalem. The verb ren-
dered 'wipe' is the same which is used Gen. vii. 4, 'Every living
substance... will I destroy* t and in Num. v. 23 'he shall blot them out ',
and in the solemn sentence, Exod. xxxii. 33, 'him will I blot out of
my book'. The original very markedly shews that God's wiping was
to be a wiping out,

14. And I will forsake [R.V. cast off] the remnant] * Forsake ' need
not necessarily imply 'a punishment that has been deserved' which is
what is here intended. Hence R.V. has substituted 'cast off' or
'teject' in many instances. Cf. Jud. vi. 13; Jer. xv. 16; xxiii. 33,
39, &c.
222 II. KINGS, XXI. [w. 15—18.
enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all

*5 their enemies; because they have done that which was evil

in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day

their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
