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The prophet ends his elegy with the language of Messianic hope. The earthly king had fallen (Lamentations 4:20); but Israel cannot real…

Is accomplished. — The mourner shares in the Messianic hopes of Isaiah 40:2 and expresses it nearly in the same words.

This verse, in my judgment, is incorrectly explained; and the Jews have toiled much, for there seems to be a kind of inconsistency, since it is cer…

The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter
of Zion
In part in the seve…

Here he comforts the Jews.
First, he comforts them with their liberation: your iniquity is accomplished, meaning it is purge…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes