Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
Ver. 20. And to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.] Either against the one or the other of them - not against both at once, a for they were both strong, and Jerusalem was well aware of it - for they had both revolted from Nebuchadnezzar, and one of them was enough at once to undertake.
a Ne Hercules quidem contra duos.