Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, And say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, And see what unrest is in her, And what oppression is among them."
And behold the great tumults - I. e, the alarms, restlessness, disorders and confusion of a people intent on gain; turning all law upside down, the tumultuous noise of the oppressors and oppressed. It is the word which Solomon uses , “Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and tumult therewith,” the tumults and restlessness of continual gaining. “And the oppressed,” or better (as in the English margin) the oppressions , the manifold ever-repeated acts by which people were crushed and trampled on.