Gather up your wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
Gather up your wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.
Get your goods together and go out of the land, O you who are shut up in the walled town.
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.
Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.
Gather up thy wares - Pack up your goods, or what necessaries of life your enemies will permit you to carry away; for,
The prophet now returns to the main subject of his sermon, the conquest of Judaea.
Thy wares - Rather, thy bundle, which could contain a few articles for necessary use, and be carried in the hand. They are going into exile.
O inhabitant of the fortress - i. e., thou that art besieged, that inhabitest a besieged town.
10:17 Gather up - The prophet now enters upon another subject.Thy wares - Every thing thou hast any advantage by, all thy merchandise, as men use to do in case of invasion by an enemy. The fortress - The inhabitants of Jerusalem, the chief place of security in Judea.