The anger of the Lord shall not return
Having a commission from him, and being sent forth on an errand
to do business for him, it shall not return to him, without
having done it; as a servant sent by his master does not return
till he has finished what he was sent about: until he have
executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of
his
heart;
all his counsels, purposes, and designs, respecting those his
anger kindled against, the false prophets and wicked Jews:
in the latter days ye shall consider it
perfectly;
when too late to avert it by repentance and reformation when all
this shall be fulfilled, and the seventy years captivity take
place; or, "in the end of days" F4; in the latter part off time,
when the Jews shall be converted, and seek the Lord their God, (
Hosea 3:5 ) ;
then "shall [they] understand it with an understanding"
F5, as it may be rendered; when they
shall have the veil removed from them, and turn to the Lord; then
they shall have a true and thorough understanding of these
things; of the cause and reason of them; and of the mind of God
in them, and the ends to be answered by them. Kimchi says this
will be in the times of the Messiah.