Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
Ver. 6. Let not the swift fly away,] i.e., Think to save themselves by flight.
Nor the mighty man escape,] i.e., Think to save himself by his might, be he never so stout hearted.
Toward the north,] i.e., Toward Carchemish, the stage of the war, where Pharaohnecho had beaten Nebuchadnezzar the elder, and is now beaten in the same place by Nebuchadnezzar the younger, alterna victoria in another victory. a
a Herod., lib. ii., αλλοπροσαλλος .