Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain
Or "upon the mountain Nishphah"; some high mountain in Media or
Persia, proper to set a standard on, or erect a banner for the
gathering men together, to enlist themselves as soldiers, and so
form an army to march into the land of Chaldea. Vitringa thinks
there may be an allusion to the mountain Zagrius, which divides
Media and Persia from Assyria, mentioned by Strabo F24. Or
"upon a high mountain"; any high mountain fit for such a purpose;
or "against the high mountain", as some F25 read
it; meaning Babylon, called a mountain, ( Jeremiah
51:25 ) not because of its situation, for it was in a plain;
but because of its eminence above other cities and states. The
Targum is,
``against the city that dwells securely, lift up a sign;''a token of war, proclaim war against it, that lives at ease, and is in peace; and so the word is used in the Talmudic language, as Kimchi observes; and to this agrees Jarchi's note,
``to gather against the mountain that is quiet, and trusts in its tranquillity, lift up a banner to the nations.''Exalt the voice unto them;