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Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Therefore - In this verse and the following, the prophet represents himself as in Babylon, and as a witness of the calamities that …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Therefore are my loins filled with pain ... —Compare to Nahum 2:10; Ezekiel 21:6; and for the image of the “wo…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Therefore are my loins, filled with pain. Here the Prophet represents the people as actually present. This was because it was not enough t…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Therefore are my loins filled with pain As a woman at the time of childbirth, as the following words show: these words ar…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Babylon was a flat country, abundantly watered. The destruction of Babylon, so often prophesied by Isaiah, was typical of the destruction of the gr…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. The burden of the desert of the sea. Here the prophet threatens the enemies who oppre ed Israel by taking their goods, ev…

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