John Gill Commentary 2 Kings 6:27

"And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?" — 2 Kings 6:27 (ASV)

And he said, if the Lord do not help you, from where shall I help you
you ?
&c.] Mistaking her meaning, as if she prayed him to relieve her hunger; the margin of our Bible is, "let not the Lord save you"; and so some understand it as a wish that she might perish; and so Josephus {o}, that being wroth, he cursed her in the name of God:

out of the barn floor, or out of the winepress ?
when neither of them afforded anything; no corn was to be had from the one, nor wine from the other, no, not for his own use, and therefore how could he help her out of either?

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FOOTNOTES:

• F15: Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 9. c. 4. sect. 4.)