Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Rather, Also her hirelings in her midst are like calves of the stall. The mercenaries of Egypt—Nubians, Moors, and Lydians ([Reference Jer…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks. —Literally, bullocks of the stall. The prophet harps…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Here the Prophet represents the mercenaries of Egypt, as we have already said, as foreign soldiers who had been hired from various places and from …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

All her hired men [are] in the midst of her like fatted
bullocks
Or, "bullocks of the …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Those who encroached on others, shall now themselves be encroached upon. Egypt is now like a very fair heifer, not accustomed to the yoke of subjec…

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