He said, “The LORD has sworn: ‘The LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 16. Hand of the throne. The Lord hath lifted up his hand, and sworn on his throne, that war, and so forth (Chald.) or the hand of Amalec hath attacked the throne (Israel, the inheritance) of the Lord; therefore shall he pursue them for ever. The Septuagint have followed a different reading, “because with a secret hand the Lord will fight; and some suggest, that instead of ces, throne, we should read nos, signal, or standard.” Since the hand has attacked the standard of the Lord, the war of the Lord is against Amalec. Le Clerc.—Or “the Lord has taken his standard into his hand to destroy the Amalecites for ever.” Chateillon. Calmet.
Hebrew: יה Yah
LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.