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An Image of Utter Helplessness
Commentators explain the verse paints a vivid picture of utter helplessness. Jerusalem's people lie weak from famine in the main city squares, as powerless as a strong wild animal caught in a hunter's net. This imagery, drawn from ancient hunting practices, emphasizes their complete inability to escape their dire situation on their own.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 51:20
18th Century
Theologian
Your sons — Jerusalem is here represented as a mother. Her sons, that is, her inhabitants, had become weak and prostrate everywhere, and wer…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 51:20
19th Century
Bishop
As a wild bull ... —Better, as an antelope. The picture explains the one in Isaiah 51:17. The sons cannot help the mother…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 51:20
16th Century
Theologian
Your sons have fainted. He describes more fully the lamentable and wretched condition of the Church when he says that her children are pro…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 51:20
17th Century
Pastor
Your sons have fainted Through want of food, or at the desolation made, and have no spirit in them to appear in the inter…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 51:17–23
17th Century
Minister
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…