northern army] Namely, that great swarme of the foresaid destroying creatures which came out of the North.
into a land barren] That multitude shall be carried away out of your land, and like a great army it shall be driven into the wildernesse: the vangard into the lake of Sodom, towards the East: and the reerward into the Mediterranean Sea, toward the West, Exodus 10:19.
because] Or, through, as Psalms 23:4.
he hath done great things] Heb. he hath magnified to do.