let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army] Heb. from the face of. Isaiah 21:15. & Isaiah 31:8. So in the next clause.
of the Syrians] Heb. Aramites. Isaiah 7:1. That joyned with, or served under the Chaldeans, in their expedition against Gods people. 2 Kings 24:2.
so we dwell at Jerusalem] Or, abide. Chap. 40. 5. vers. 15. So that, it seemeth, they held not themselves so strictly tied to these observances, but that in case of necessitie they might and did dispense with them.