Commentaries:Adam Clarke
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Isaiah 13:15
Every one that is found "Every one that is overtaken" - That is, none shall escape from the slaughter; neither they who flee singly, dispersed and in confusion; nor they who endeavor to make their retreat in a more regular manner, by forming compact bodies: they shall all be equally cut off by the sword of the enemy. The Septuagint have understood it in this sense, which they have well expressed: -
̔ ̔ͅ ̔,
̔ .
"Whosoever is caught shall be overthrown,
And all that are collected together shall fall by the sword."
Where, for ̔ , MS. Pachom has , et ̔ Cod. Marchal. in margine, et MS. 1. D. 2: , which seems to be right, being properly expressive of the Hebrew.
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