כִּ֣י עִבְר֞וּ אִיֵּ֤י כִתִּיִּים֙ וּרְא֔וּ וְקֵדָ֛ר שִׁלְח֥וּ וְהִֽתְבּוֹנְנ֖וּ מְאֹ֑ד וּרְא֕וּ הֵ֥ן הָיְתָ֖ה כָּזֹֽאת׃
Sebab, seberanglah ke pulau-pulau orang Kitim dan lihatlah, kirimlah utusan ke Kedar dan perhatikanlah baik-baik, lalu lihatlah apakah pernah terjadi hal seperti ini.
Abarbanel
And therefore I will explain these pesukim in one of two ways. The first way is that this doesn't speak of the enemies coming rather that it will be heard in the palaces of Ashdod that if they are in bands of theives and rebels and the palaces of Egypt that are filled with idols and adultery. It will be said to them to gather on Mt Shomron to see their deeds and their idols and they will without a doubt see the great upheavals in it from these sins and lying, murdering, stealing, adultry and they will see that they are also involved in these as it says "the land is filled with violence" (10) and the inhabitants of Shomron will know that the upheavals have only come as a result of them committing violence and lawlessness in their palaces and the sinners in Ashdod and Egypt will be shocked from the violence in Shomron that all the bad that occured to them and it will be like the pasuk in Jeremiah (2:10) "Just cross over to the isles of the Kittim and look, Send to Kedar and observe carefully; See if aught like this has ever happened:" This is the first explanation for these pesukim. THe second one is...Ashdod is mentioned because the word Ashdod has the word "shod" in it and Egypt because Mitzrayim has the word "tzara" and "metzor" the preophet says let it be heard in their palaces that the Israelites will hear about the "shod" destruction coming to them and the times of "tzara" trouble. And it says about these enemies that htye will gather on Har Shomron to see the upheavals and then they will know that the inhabitantso f Shomron are deserving of these and that Hasehm has decreed this measure for measure on the palaces of Shomron because they were involved in "shod" they will be punished with "shod"