Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
Apostrophe to the sword.
Go thee one way or other - rather х hit'achªdiy (H258)], 'Concentrate thyself;' 'Unite thy forces on the right hand' (Grotius). The sword is commanded to take the nearest route for Jerusalem, 'where their face was set,' whether south or north ("right hand or left"), according to where the several parts of the Chaldean host may be.
Either on the right hand, or on the left, х haasiymiy (H8041)] - rather, 'set thyself on the left.' The main 'concentration' of forces was to be "the right hand," or south, the part of Judea in which Jerusalem was, and which lay south in marching from Babylon; whereas the Chaldean forces advancing on Jerusalem from Egypt, of which Jerusalem was north, were fewer; and therefore 'set thyself' is the verb used.