2. cup of trembling--a cup causing those who drink it to reel (from
a Hebrew root "to reel"). Jerusalem, who drank the "cup of trembling"
herself, shall be so to her foes
(Isa 51:17, 22;
Jer 13:13).
CALVIN with the Septuagint translates,
"threshold of destruction," on which they shall stumble and be
crushed when they attempt to cross it. English Version is
better.
both against Judah--The Hebrew order of words is literally, "And
also against Judah shall he (the foe) be in the siege against
Jerusalem"; implying virtually that Judah, as it shares the invasion
along with Jerusalem, so it shall, like the metropolis, prove a cup of
trembling to the invaders. MAURER with
JEROME translates, "Also upon
Judah shall be (the cup of trembling); that is, some Jews forced by the
foe shall join in the assault on Jerusalem, and shall share the
overthrow with the besiegers. But
Zec 12:6, 7
show that Judah escapes and proves the scourge of the foe.
JFB.
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