Now - The prophet places himself in the midst of their deepest sorrows, and out of them he promises comfort. Why do you cry out aloud? I…

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? — The prophet places again, side by side with his vision of returned glory, the circumst…

Sometimes, our prayers may be the utterance of our fears rather than of our faith, and then the question comes, "Is there no king in you? Is your C…

The Prophet blends here things in their nature entirely contrary—that the Jews were for a time to be cut off, and that afterwards they were to reco…

Now why do you cry out aloud?
&c.] Or "cry a cry" ^F23; a vehement one, or set up a most lamentable cry, a…

Many nations would assemble against Zion to rejoice in her calamities. They would not understand that the Lord had collected them as sheaves are ga…