3. ἀναγγελεῖ] δείξουσιν in Micah. Heb. ‘he will teach,’ verb from which Torah comes; see on i. 10.

4. συγκόψουσιν κ.τ.λ.] Cf. Hos. ii. 18, PS. xlvi. 9, c.; the in Joel iii. 10, just as the command of Luke ix. 3 gives place at another time to that of xxii. 36.

Lowth quotes some parallel expressions from the classics:

Virg. Georg. 1, 508, “Curvae rigidum falces flantur in ensem.’

Ov. Fast. 1. 699, “Sarcula cessabant, versique in pila ligones;Factaque de rastri pondere cassis erat.’ also Martial, Epig. XIV. 34.