Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD'S anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

You have called as in a solemn day – that is, “You” call “like a feast day,” that is, like the proclaiming of a festival.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

You have called ... —Better, You have summoned, as for a solemn feast-day. (Compare to Lamentations 1:15.) In “terrors ro…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Here he uses a most appropriate metaphor to show that the people had been brought to dire straits, for he says that terrors had surrounded…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

You have called, as in a solemn day, my terrors round about, &c.] Terrible enemies, as the Chaldeans; these came at the c…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands and eaten, according t…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Here the prophet sets forth the impo ibility of escape, making three points on this matter:

  1. The siege is described with the phrase

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