“Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.”
The warning of terror: 'Do not go out to the fields or walk on the roads, for the enemy has a sword, and there is terror on every side.' This verse indicates that danger pervades the entire territory: the enemy's presence ('a sword') extends even to fields and roads outside the besieged city. The phrase 'terror on every side' (a phrase that becomes important in later chapters) emphasizes the comprehensive nature of the threat: there is nowhere to flee, nowhere to hide. Theologically, this verse indicates that judgment encompasses the entire land; escape is impossible.
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