THEOSISCyrill of Alexandria
As a tribute to the Lord in Vosor and a significant devastation in Idumea, the strong will perish alongside the sheep and the youth, with the earth absorbing their blood and being satiated with their flesh. The term Vosor signifies limitation, enclosure, Gospel, and also refers to flesh. Likewise, Idumea is referred to as Vosor, allowing for interpretations of it as flesh, constraint—implying a state of siege—or as the Gospel, since Christ preached in this region (Judea). Moreover, it can be viewed as a fortress because the Lord surrounded it and His people, as noted in Psalms 124:2.
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However, He declares that within it lies the Lord's sacrifice; for they were consumed as offerings by the swords of their assailants, not in the ascending fragrance toward God but rather in the distress of the blade that struck them down. He indicates that not only the common folk in Idumea (Judea) will face devastation, but also there will be a significant and regrettable downfall among the nobility. He proclaims: "The mighty, the sheep, and young men shall fall with them, and the earth shall drink of their blood and be filled with their flesh." This imagery presents them as if they were cattle and lambs, lying on the ground and spilling forth so much blood that the earth seems nearly scorched by it.