Associate yourselves, O ye people,.... Both of Syria and Israel, whose two kings were confederate against Judah:and ye shall be broken in pieces; as the kingdom of Syria was by Tilgathpilneser quickly after this, 2Ki 16:9 and the kingdom of Ephraim or Israel by Shalmaneser, 2Ki 17:6:and give ear, all ye of far countries; the Assyrians, and the nations that belonged to them, who were more remote from Judea:gird yourselves; for a long and tedious march, and for war; it may signify the putting on of their whole armour; for, as Pausanius says, the ancients used to call putting on of armour, girding:and ye shall be broken in pieces: as the Assyrian army was, which came up against Jerusalem in Hezekiah's time, 2Ki 19:35:gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; this is repeated for confirmation sake, to denote the certainty of it.
Boeotica sive, l. 9. p.