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For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Yet the defended city - Gesenius supposes that this means Jerusalem. So Calvin and Piscator understand it. Others understand it of Samaria, …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The defenced city shall be desolate ... —The key to this prediction is found in Isaiah 25:2, where the same words occur. …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Yet the defenced city shall be desolate. Here the connective ו (vau) is generally thought to mean for, and some take it …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Yet the defenced city [shall be] desolate
Or "but", or "notwithstanding" F2 ; though the Lord deals merci…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

In the days of the gospel, the latter days, the gospel church shall be more firmly fixed than the Jewish church and shall spread further. May our s…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. In that day. In this part, the author recalls God’s divine and fatherly correction. This correction comes first by foreign scour…

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