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רֹעוּ עַמִּים. לְשׁוֹן ״רֵעֵהוּ״, ״רֵעֲךָ״ (משלי כז:י), כְּתַרְגּוּם יוֹנָתָן: ״אִתְחַבָּרוּ״. הִתְחַבְּרוּ יַחַד אֻכְלוּסֵי סַנְחֵרִיב: Join together Heb. (רֹעוּ), an expression similar to (Prov. 27:10): “Your friend and your father’s friend (רֵעֲךָ וְרֵעַ אָבִיךָ), as Jonathan renders: Join together. Join together, armies of Sennacherib.
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וָחֹתּוּ. וְתִשָּׁבְרוּ: and be broken Heb. וָחֹתּוּ i.e., you shall be broken.
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הִתְאַזְּרוּ וָחֹתּוּ. הִתְאַזְּרוּ בְּכָל מִינֵי גְבוּרָה, וְסוֹפְכֶם לִהְיוֹת חַתִּים: Gird yourselves and be broken You may gird yourselves with all sorts of might, but, eventually, you shall be broken.