“Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.”
Behold, the Lord has a strong and mighty one; like a hailstorm, a storm of destruction, like a flooding downpour and an overflowing torrent, he will hurl it down to the earth with his hand, establishing that God's judgment against Ephraim will be delivered through a strong and mighty instrument—perhaps Assyria—with overwhelming and destructive force. The imagery of hail, storm, and flood suggests natural disaster and overwhelming power. The hurl down to earth suggests the violent subjugation and humiliation of the proud. The specificity of the judgment's character emphasizes its totality and the impossibility of resistance. This verse describes the mechanism through which God's woe against Ephraim will be accomplished in history.
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