נִשְׁבַּ֛ע יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־לֹ֞א כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּמִּ֙יתִי֙ כֵּ֣ן הָיָ֔תָה וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָעַ֖צְתִּי הִ֥יא תָקֽוּם׃
Sumumpa ang Walang-Hanggan ng mga Hukbo, na nagsasabi: “Tiyak na kung paano Ko ito binalak ay gayon nga ang mangyayari, at kung paano Ko ito ipinasya ay iyon ang matutupad.
Ramban
IM LO’ (IF NOT) AS YE HAVE SPOKEN IN MINE EARS. The meaning thereof is as an expression of wonder: “Will I not do to you as ye have spoken?” Such is the way of the [Sacred] Language: [Thou art sent] not to many people of an unintelligible speech and of a slow tongue, whose words thou canst not understand. ‘Im lo’ (would they not) have hearkened unto thee if I sent thee to them?157Ezekiel 3:5-6. Similarly, ‘im lo’ (if not) as I have thought did it come to pass?158Isaiah 14:24.