The sentence.

An adversary or Distress, a rendering which most moderns prefer.

there shall be even round about The Hebrew is harsh: a very slight change, supported by Pesh. (יְסֹבֵב for וּסְבִב), yields shall surround(or encircle), which is to be preferred.

he shall bring down thy strength or, thy strength shall be brought down, as the same Hebrew may be rendered (Ges.-Kautzsch, § 144. 3 a), though Wellh. would read hûradfor hôrîd. The foe will encircle the land; the strong -crown" of Samaria will be -brought down" to the ground (cf. Deuteronomy 28:52; Ezekiel 30:6; Isaiah 28:2 b); and its palaces (Amos 3:10) will be plundered.

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