THEOSISTheodoret of Cyrus
He poses the question, "Will he find nourishment in due time?" This indicates that there is an expectation for assistance, yet it remains unutilized until the very end. When the scorching wind blows upon him, will he wither from aridity? With the embrace of his fortune, he shall depart. Swiftly, with the arrival of the king of Babylon, both he and his people will be led into captivity. In this passage, the Prophet likens the people to a nurturing bosom, while the army of Babylon is compared to a searing wind. Just as he refers to the king as a vine and the people as the bosom because they are rooted in it, he metaphorically represents the aid of the king of Egypt as irrigation, and the incursion of the Babylonian king as the oppressive heat.