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There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth; neither is there any who takes her by the hand among all the sons who she has brought up.
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A Picture of Utter Helplessness
Commentators explain that the verse paints a vivid picture of Jerusalem as a drunken, staggering mother. Her own "sons"—her inhabitants and leaders—are completely unable to guide or support her. This illustrates a state of total societal collapse where all human wisdom and power have failed under God's judgment.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
There is none to guide her—The image here is taken from the condition of one who is under the influence of an intoxicating dr…
16th Century
Protestant
There is no one to guide her. He describes the most severe calamity of the Church; for the heaviest and most severe of all undoubtedly is …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth Still alluding to drunken persons staggering in …
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God calls upon his people to be mindful of the things that belong to their everlasting peace. Jerusalem had provoked God, and was made to taste the…
13th Century
Catholic
Give ear to me, you that follow justice. Here he addresses the second obstacle to their liberation, which might be assumed from …
