And I will scatter to every wind all that [are] about him to help him,.... Either his bodyguards, the men of war that were with him when he fled, Jer 52:7; or his auxiliary troops, the Egyptians, whom he had taken into his pay for his assistance:and all his bands: or "wings" ; the wings of his army.
The Targum interprets it his army; these were all scattered from him when he was taken, Jer 52:8;and I will draw out the sword after them: which fled into Egypt, and other countries; so that they did not escape, though they went not into captivity; see Eze 5:12.