פירוש על ירמיהו 49:20

if...not An expression of ‘indeed.’

drag them Heb. יסחבום.

the young of the flock. The despised of the nations, and our Rabbis [Yoma 10] expounded that it refers to Persia, who was the youngest of Japheth’s sons.

make desolate Heb. ישים, an expression of desolation (שממה).