The Cross of Judah

The conflict between the sons of zion and the sons of greece might, as peter lightheart observes, not primarily be the conflict between the external orces. The lord would empower them in their struggle. He had bent judahas his bow and made ephraim his arrow, and his arrows would go forth like lightning. We see a rapid cycle of images. In verse 15, lightheart notes the movement from devouring, or eating, to treading down the sling stones, the weapons of the adversaries. And this victorious wine pressing leads to the jews drinking and roaring as if drunk with wine. They become full like a bowl, which might be an image