פירוש על דברים 32:25

מחוץ תשכל חרב WITHOUT, THE SWORD SHALL BEREAVE — This means, outside the city will the sword of the hostile troops bereave them,

ומחדרים אימה, גם בחור גם בתולה, young men and women hiding in their houses will be made orphans.

The chambers of his heart pound with terror, etc. If the verse is explained according to its plain meaning i.e., as referring to the chambers of his house, it should have said, “From his chambers there is פחד (fear).” The word פחד applies to something which is nearby, whereas אימה (terror) applies to something that is distant; As Rashi writes in parshas Beshalach (Shemos 15:16) on the verse, “Horror [and dread] fall upon them” (Maharan)