out of the north] From Media, lying north of Chaldea, from whence Cyrus set forth; and from Assyria, through which he marched to Babylon, vers. 9. 21, 41. cometh up a nation] Or, cometh (as Exodus 16 13.) a nation. The Medes and Persians; being as one nation, because belonging to one crown. See Isaiah 13:17. both man and beast] Heb. from man to beast. as Chap. 9. 10. Isaiah 10:18. See Chap. 33. 10, 12. & 51. 62.