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Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold on me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I can`t hear; I am dismayed so that I can`t see.
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Speaking as the Enemy
Commentators like Calvin and Gill clarify that Isaiah is not expressing personal sympathy for Babylon. Instead, he adopts the persona of a Babylonian experiencing the city's fall. This dramatic technique makes the future judgment feel terrifyingly present and real, showing God's people the sheer horror that awaits their oppressors.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore - In this verse and the following, the prophet represents himself as in Babylon, and as a witness of the calamities that …
19th Century
Anglican
Therefore are my loins filled with pain ... —Compare to Nahum 2:10; Ezekiel 21:6; and for the image of the “wo…
16th Century
Protestant
Therefore are my loins, filled with pain. Here the Prophet represents the people as actually present. This was because it was not enough t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore are my loins filled with pain As a woman at the time of childbirth, as the following words show: these words ar…
Babylon was a flat country, abundantly watered. The destruction of Babylon, so often prophesied by Isaiah, was typical of the destruction of the gr…
13th Century
Catholic
The burden of the desert of the sea. Here the prophet threatens the enemies who oppressed Israel by taking their goods, e…
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