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Astonied - The word may possibly mean “one who is taken by surprise and loses his presence of mind.”

As a man astonied. —The word translated this way is not found elsewhere, but cognate words in Arabic mean to be startled and perplexed.

For our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why should you be as a…

I have said that the former verse is confirmed by these words. For since the Prophet mentions God's own name to Him, we must consider the cause of …

Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied Astonished, and so surprised as not to know what to say or do; or "asleep", as the Septuagi…

The people were in tears. But it was the cry of their trouble and their sin, rather than of their prayer. Let us be thankful for the mercy of water…

Here, the prophet begins to pray to God for the people.
He makes his case with three arguments:
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes