For thus saith the Lord God, I will bring up a company upon
them
Or, "do thou bring up a company upon them" F13, or "against them". The Targum represents it as spoken to the prophet, thus,
``prophesy that armies shall come up against them.''Kimchi interprets it as we do, "I will bring up" and so others {n}. By this "company" is to be understood the Chaldean army, whom God in his providence, and in righteous judgment, would bring up against the Jews; styled a "convocation" F15, assembly or congregation, in allusion to the sanhedrim, or court of judicature, that took cognizance of such crimes, and judged and condemned for them: and will give them to be removed and spoiled;