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brings the answer to the question of astonishment: "Egypt approaches, its hosts cover the land like the waves of the Nile, to destroy cities and men." On the form אֹבִידָה (with אֹ contracted from אַאֲ), cf. Ewald, §192, d; Gesenius, §68, Rem. 1. עִיר is used in an indefinite general sense, "cities," as in Jer 8:16. - In Jer 46:9, the imperat. stands as in Jer 46:3.: "Let the formidable army approach, - cavalry, chariots, and infantry, with all their splendidly equipped auxiliaries, - nevertheless it shall perish." עֲלוּ הַסּוּסִים does not here mean "Mount the steeds," which is against the parallelism, but "Get up (i.e., prance), ye horses;" this meaning is guaranteed by the Hiphil מַעֲלֶה, as used in Nah 3:3. הִתְהֹלְלוּ הָרֶכֶב is an imitation of Nah 2:5. As auxiliaries, and very brave ones too (גִבֹּורִים), are mentioned "Cush," i.e., the Ethiopians; "Phut," the Libyans; and "Ludim," i.e., Hamitic, African Lydians, as in Eze 30:5. On the double construct in תֹּפְשֵׂי דֹרְ, "holding, bending bows," cf. Ew. §280, c.