ἀποστρέψωμεν. . .πρὸς ἡμᾶς] Vulg. avellamus ad nos. Heb. verb
means ‘cleave,’ ‘divide,’ ‘break through’; rendered ἔρρηξαν, lix.
The sense given by LXX. and Vulg. is easy, but how they came by it
is less clear. Aquila has ἀποσχίσωμεν αὐτήν.
The Lucianic cursives mostly add καὶ κακώσωμεν (or σομεν) αὐτήν,
which may be a duplicate. αὐτοῖς] Dat. of person interested: easier than αὐτῆς, read by ℵΒQ
and most cursives, except 24 41 106 305. τὸν υἱὸν Ταβεήλ] Nothing is known of him, not even whether he

 
was, to ordinary perceptions, a dangerously strong or an absurdly
weak candidate. The name, it has been pointed out, is Aramaic
(cf. Ezra iv. 7), meaning ‘Good (is) God.’ It was said to occur on
Assyrian tablet, in connection with Rezin and Samaria; but this has
since been read differently. The Jews explained Tabeal, been, by the
cypher Albam—ℵ=ζ. ΑΒΒREV &c.—as standing for ℵ ABBREV that is
Remaliah, ABBREV as Sheshach, by another cypher, Atbash, stands
for Babel, Jerem. xxv. 26, li. 41 (Heb.). LXX. omit these, but seem
to have read li. (xxviii.) 1 correctly, according to this same Atbash, as
Χαλδαίους. It is however a strange method of reference for Isaiah to
use: and cyphers, perfect or imperfect, may be found too often: see
on xxx. 15. 8. ἀλλ’ ἔτι ἑξήκοντα. . .ἀπὸ λαοῦ] This clause in the Hebrew has
been rejected by many critics as interpolated: Lxx. however contains
it, the MSS. being in agreement. ἐκλαίψει] Heb. more strongly, ‘shall be broken’: ἦ βασιλεία inserted
by LXX., apparently by way of explanation.