12. oi. καταλειφθέντες πληθυνθήσονται] Heb. is rendered by Kay
(and Delitzsch, Cheyne very similarly) ‘the forsaken (tract) be ’
from which the Greek differs mainly in referring to the population and
not the land. 13. τὸ ἐπιδέκατον] The art. is inserted with fractions, as being
related to the whole. For the decimation of the people, cf. Amos
v. 3. καὶ πάλιν] For the insertion of πάλιν cf. xxv. 8. LXX., whether
rightly or not, emphasizes the idea of a fresh reverse of fortune. ἔσται εἰς προνομὴν] This construction may be called a Hebraism.
Cf. εἷς διαρπαγήν, ν. 5, where the Heb. word is the same, meaning
to destroy or consume, esp. by fire: also in iv. 4, καύσεως. προνομὴ
in Lxx. is regularly used of spoiling or plundering. τερέβινθος] i. 30; βάλανος, ii. I 3.