* For the head.
   Dr. Jubb transposes the former part of ver. 9, and renders,
   "Though the head of Syria be Damascus; and the head of
   Damascus Retzin; and the head of Ephraim be Samaria; and the
   head of Samaria Remaliah's son; yet within threescore and five
   years Ephraim shall be broken, that he be no more a people."
   This renders the passage perfectly clear; and the prophecy
   received its full accomplishment when Esarhaddon carried away
   the remains of the ten tribes.

  2Sa 8:6 
 * within.
  8:4  17:1-3  2Ki 17:5-23  Ezr 4:2 
 * that it be not a people.  Heb. from a people.
  Ho 1:6-10