“Set up a standard in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations against her! Call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz! Appoint a marshal against her! Cause the horses to come up as the swarming locusts!
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 27. Prepare. Lit. “sanctify.” Bible.—Call together all nations to fight against Babylon. Worthington.—Many religious ceremonies were used.—Ararat, where the ark rested, (Genesis 8:4) near the Araxes, (Saint Jerome in Is. xxxvii.) or in the Gordyean mountains, in Armenia, where the Menni dwelt.—Ascenez, or Ascantes, ( Calmet.) near the Tanais. Pliny vi. 7.—Taphsar, “the prince.” Nahum 3:17. Pagn. “Warriors.” Chal. “Machines” Sept.—Caterpillar, or “locust,” (bruchum. Bible.) which resembles more a body of cavalry. Calmet.—Septuagint “Push forward the cavalry against her, as a multitude of locusts.” Bible.