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In both cases, they will number in huge numbers, but despite all of their presumed power, they will be helpless as the dust or chaff is before the wind.

Dust is scattered and it loses its identity and its organization, completely in a heavy wind.

Chaff is scattered with little or no effort. It takes little wind to separate the chaff and blow it away.

And the verse ends with the word, suddenly, ‘pithown,’ which means instantly.

When God makes His move, then time virtually stops, as events unfold quickly. And in this case, the action of God will be instant.

Jerusalem will be surrounded and fighting for all they are worth.

Its enemies will be bombing Jerusalem and focusing their attention on Jerusalem, and then from out of nowhere, and certainly not from Jerusalem, God will enter the fray. The enemies will be caught by total surprise, a surprise that will not last very long, as the battle will end nearly as quickly.