“They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.”
The enemies' objective is stated: "They say, 'Come, let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be remembered no more.'" The goal is total annihilation—the complete erasure of Israel and its memory. The extinction of the name suggests a desire to obliterate not merely the people but their historical identity and covenant significance.
Church Fathers on Psalms 83:4
1. Of this Psalm the title is, “A song of a Psalm of Asaph.” We have already often said what is the interpretation of Asaph, that is, congregation. That man, therefore, who was called Asaph, is named in representation of the congregation of God's people in the titles of many Psalms. But in Greek, congregation is called synagogue, which has come to be held for a kind of proper name for the Jewish people, that it should be called The Synagogue; even as the Christian people is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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