Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
An adversary there shall be even round about the land. Translate, 'An adversary! (the abruptness produces a startling effect) and that, too, from every side of the land.' So in the fulfillment, 2 Kings 17:5, "The king of Assyria (Shalmaneser) came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years."
And he shall bring down thy strength from thee - i:e., bring thee down from thy strength (the strength on which thou didst boast thyself: all thy resources). (Proverbs 10:15.)
Thy palaces shall be spoiled - a just retribution in kind (Amos 3:10). The palaces, in which spoils of violence and robbery were stored up, "shall be spoiled."