Therefore shall this iniquity be to you as a breach that falleth, and is found wanting in a high wall, for the destruction thereof shall come on a sudden, when it is not looked for.
Ibn Ezra
Therefore, because you trust in the money, which you send to the King of Assyria, that he shall not come. This iniquity shall be to you, etc., that is, it will destroy you. כפרץ מגדל נופל = נופל כפרץ As a breach of a falling tower. דבר נבעה = נבעה A swelling thing. Of the same root is אבעבועות blains (Exod. 9:9). נבעה can also be joined with פרץ: a swelling breach. לפתע פתאם Suddenly at an instant. The two words have nearly the same meaning; comp. אדמת עפר the dust of the earth (Dan. 12:12). קדש הקדשים the most holy; so also לפתע פתאם most suddenly.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.