And let the sword be doubled— Make the sword double, make threefold the sword of the slayers: it is the sword, the sword of the great slaughter, which shall turn them into fear. Houbigant. Kennicott would render the latter part, The sword of the soldiers, [that is to say, of the Babylonians] The sword of the great soldier [namely, of the warlike of Babylon] which, &c. See Ezekiel 21:19.
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Ezekiel 21:14
14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine handse together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.