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Madmenah is a fugitive; the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
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A Portrait of Panic
Commentators agree that this verse is part of a vivid, fast-paced description of the Assyrian army's march toward Jerusalem. The towns of Madmenah and Gebim, though their exact locations are now unknown, represent real places whose inhabitants are depicted as fleeing in utter chaos and panic at the enemy's approach.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Madmenah - This city is mentioned nowhere else. The city of Madmanna, or Medemene, mentioned in (Joshua 15:31), was wit…
16th Century
Protestant
Madmenah is removed. In exaggerated language he describes that city to have been shaken to such a degree, as if it had been removed
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Madmenah is removed That is, the inhabitants of it, who removed from thence upon hearing that the Assyrian army had invaded th…
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Through our afflictions, we may learn not to place our confidence in created things. Only those who return to him in truth, not in pretense and out…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Woe to them that make wicked laws. Here he begins to threaten the foreign enemies who persecute them physically.
He threa…