He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.
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Gill's Exposition
He will surely violently turn and toss thee,.... Or, "wrapping he will wrap thee with a wrapping"; as anything is wrapped up close and round, either to be more commodiously carried, or more easily…
Barnes' Notes
He will surely violently turn - Lowth has well expressed the sense of this: He will whirl thee round and round, and cast thee away. Thus it refers to the action of throwing a stone with a “sling,”…
We have here a prophecy concerning the displacing of Shebna, a great officer at court, and the preferring of Eliakim to the post of honour and trust that he was in. Such changes are common in the…
Cambridge Bible
The first half of the verse reads: He will roll thee up in a bundle ( and toss thee) like a ball into a spacious land (lit. "a land broad on both sides," as Gen 34:21; Jdg 18:10). The words "and toss…