Verse 3
The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear ,.... Or, "the flame of the sword and the glittering spear" F23 להב חרב וברק חנית "flammam gladii et fulgorem hastae", Piscator; "flammam gladii et fulgur hastae", Cocceius; "flamma gladii et fulgur lanceae", Burkius. ; he rides with a drawn sword, which, being brandished to and fro, looks like a flame of fire; or with a spear made of polished iron, or steel, which, when vibrated and moved to and fro, glitters like lightning; a large number of which entering the city must be terrible to the inhabitants of it:
and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses ; of dead men lying in the streets, pierced and slain with the bright sword and glittering spear of the Medes and Chaldeans:
and there is none end of their corpses ; the number of them could not be told; they lay so thick in all parts of the city, that there was no telling them:
they stumble upon their corpses ; the Ninevites in fleeing, and endeavouring to make their escape, and the Medes and Chaldeans pursuing them.
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