These two things are befallen you, who shall bemoan you? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort you?

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

These two things are come to you – Margin, ‘Happened.’ That is, two sources of calamity have come upon you; namely, famine and the sword, …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

These two things ... —The two things are amplified into four: (1) the two effects, and (2) the two causes.

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

These two things have happened to you. Nearly the same thing was already asserted concerning Babylon,

These two things shall be…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

These two things are come upon you
Affliction from the hand of God, though by means of enemies, and no friends to he…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. Give ear to me, you that follow justice. Here he addre es the second obstacle to their liberation, which might be a umed from th…

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