Comentários de Citação sobre Isaías 19:14

This is what is meant by “When you go out to war against your enemy.” Without the yud [after] the bet, indicating a single enemy. And you see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, meaning such a numerous people who have all gathered together in an equal valley initially as one person and as one horse and chariot, with each nation saying to its ally, “My horses are like your horses.” Because of this, fear will likely enter your heart. Therefore, it says, “Do not fear them or their multitude,” because eventually they will be separated from one another, as it is written, You are approaching today to battle against your enemies [in plural form], because before Israel approaches them, God will scatter them and mix a spirit of confusion among them (Isaiah 19:14) and divide their hearts from one another. Correspondingly, the Holy One, Blessed be He, performs a second miracle for Israel. For if at the time of going out to war, only a few Israelites went out as if only one man from Israel went against them, initially Israel would appear few in the eyes of the enemies. In the meantime, God will send His help so that the enemies will see the shadow of mountains as people, similar to what is said And the Lord had caused the army of Aram to hear the sound of chariots and horses, the sound of a great army (Second Kings 7:6). From here is proof that even when few in number, the Holy One, Blessed be He, makes them appear to the nations as if they were many in order to frighten them. Therefore it says, And it shall be, when you draw near to the battle, where the comparative kaf [as/like] in the word kekoravchem [when you draw near] refers to the plural form, suggesting that you appear as many even though in reality it is not so, for you are few, and this is a precious explanation.