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Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Yahweh, the rebuke of your God.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Your sons — Jerusalem is here represented as a mother. Her sons, that is, her inhabitants, had become weak and prostrate everywhere, and wer…
19th Century
Anglican
As a wild bull ... —Better, as an antelope. The picture explains the one in Isaiah 51:17. The sons cannot help the mother…
16th Century
Protestant
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Your sons have fainted Through want of food, or at the desolation made, and have no spirit in them to appear in the inter…
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 …
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