25. ἐν πᾶσι] ἐπὶ is used for Heb. 3, where the refrain recurs. 26. The enemy, as yet unnamed, is probably the Assyrians μακρὰν,
ἀπ’ ἄκρου τῆς γῆς) not Syria and Ephraim. Those who do not seek to
limit the bearings of prophecy may see a further reference to the
Babylonians, who followed Assyria as world-monarchs and oppressors.
The description fits either well enough; cf. Habak. i. 6–11. σύσσημον] Α sign agreed upon, esp. for battle. The appointed
instruments are ready. συπιεῖ αὐτοῖς] ℵΑQ* and eight cursives have dat.: so Heb., but
singular throughout this passage. B ἃς. have αὐτοὺς, in which case
we can only render, ‘hiss them on’: whereas A's text and Heb. mean
‘hiss to call them,’ cf. vii. 18, and Zech. x. 8 σημανῶ αὐτοῖς). Burkitt,
Tyconius, ’us, p. lxiv., points out that the O. L. read acc. with συρεῖ, Cyp.
Testim. 1. 21 having et adtrahet illos, and the ῾Speculum᾿ et trahet eas.
This must be due to misreading the Greek; another instance occurs
in the same chapter of the Testimonia, and in other Latin authorities,
viz. Domino = Κυρίῳ for Κύρῳ in xlv. ι. See also xxx. 14. 27. Α omits πεινάσουσιν οὐδὲ; 106 omits οὐ πεινάσουσιν.