이사야 17:14의 주석

and behold there is fright Demons come upon the enemy and frighten him.

At eveningtide, that is, when the inhabitants of Jerusalem are afraid of him.²⁴By this remark, I. E. meant perhaps to say that eventide is to be considered as a figurative expression, signifying distress, anxiety.

before morning he is no more The enemy is not in the world.

בלהה Trouble. Comp. בלהות terror (Ez. 26:21); בהלה ═ בלהה like כבש ═ כשב lamb.

this is the portion of our plunderers The portion of Sennacherib and the portion of Gog and Magog, when they come to plunder us.

And he is not. When the angel will have come forth and destroyed the greater part²³This is not quite in accordance with the words of the account given by Isaiah 37:36, unless the expression all of them (ibid.) be taken as a hyperbole. of the camp.

This is the portion of them that spoil us. These are the words of the prophet in his rejoicing.²⁵See c. xvi., note 27.