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Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women; the gates of thy land are set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire hath devoured thy bars.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Behold, your people in the midst of you are women - Fierce, fearless, hard, iron men, such as their warriors still are portrayed by…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Your people ... are women, not in their notoriously effeminate and luxurious habits (see Layard, p. 360), but with refere…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

The gates of your land shall be set wide open to your enemies: the fire shall devour your bars. Draw you waters for the siege,

The p…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet declares here that the hearts of them all would become soft and effeminate when God would proceed to destroy Nineveh. We have said befo…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Behold, your people in the midst of you [are] women
Or like women, weak and feeble, fearful and timorous; frightened at the fi…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Strongholds, even the strongest, are no defense against the judgments of God. They will be unable to do anything for themselves.

The Chaldea…

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