16. Apostrophe to the sword.
Go . . . one way--or, "Concentrate thyself"; "Unite thy forces
on the right hand" [GROTIUS]. The sword is commanded to take the nearest
route for Jerusalem, "whither their face was set," whether south or
north ("right hand or left"), according to where the several parts of
the Chaldean host may be.
or other, . . . on the left--rather "set thyself on the left." The
verbs are well-chosen. The main "concentration" of forces was to be
on "the right hand," or south, the part of Judea in which Jerusalem
was, and which lay south in marching from Babylon, whereas the Chaldean
forces advancing on Jerusalem from Egypt, of which Jerusalem was north,
were fewer, and therefore "set thyself" is the verb used.
JFB.
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