For thus saith the, Lord, behold, I will make thee a terror
to
thyself, and to all thy friends
This is an interpretation of the name given, "Magormissabib": and
shows that it was not a mere name he had, but that he should be
in fact what that signifies; his conscience should be filled with
terror at the judgments of God coming upon him for his sins; and
which could not be concealed in his own breast from others, but
he should be seized with such tremblings and shakings, and be
such a spectacle of horror, that his own familiar friends,
instead of delighting in his company, would shun it, and run away
from him: unless this terror is to be understood of the Chaldean
army, which should not only terrify him, but his friends, in whom
he placed his confidence; these would be thrown into such a
consternation, as not to be able to help him or themselves; to
which the following words agree: and they shall fall by the
sword of their enemies, and thine eyes
shall behold [it];
which would be an aggravation of the calamity, that not only he
should be deprived of their assistance, but that they should fall
into and by the hands of the Babylonians, and in his sight also:
and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of
Babylon;
the whole land, and the inhabitants of it: and he shall
carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them
with
the sword;
being in his hands, he shall do as he pleases with them, either
carry them captive, or slay them; and some he will dispose of one
way, and some another.