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My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

My heart panted - Margin, ‘My mind wandered.’ The Hebrew word rendered ‘panted’ (תעה tâ‛âh) means to wander about…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The night of my pleasure ... —The words point to the prophet’s longing for the darkness of night, either as a time of res…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

My heart was shaken. Others correctly translate it, “my heart wandered;” for excessive terror moves the heart, as it were, out of its plac…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

My heart panted; Fluttered about, and could hardly keep its place: or, "my mind wandered" F18; like a person i…

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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