go forth] God, who before this time had been the keeper of the Jewish nation and their citie, shall now leave his holy places, Temple and citie, and hold it as given over and forsaken: and also get him to another place; namely, unto the enemies besieging the citie. See Josephus seventh book of the warres of the Jews, Chap. 12. and fight against those nations] Heb. In the middle of, or among those nations gathered against Jerusalem, not as an enemie or adversarie, but as a helper: neither will he sight against the Jews lightly, but earnestly and stoutly, as he did for Gideon, and divers others, Judges 7:22. Isaiah 9:4. &Isaiah 10:26. 2 Kings 19:25.