Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; For the wheat and for the barley; For the harvest of the field has perished.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Be ashamed, O you farmers — The prophet dwells on and expands the description of the troubles that he had foretold, setting before …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet says nothing new here but only strengthens what he had said before, and he is not wordy without reason, as he intends here not merely t…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Be you ashamed, O you husbandmen
Tillers of the land, who have taken a great deal of pains in cultivating the earth,…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

All who labour only for the meat that perishes will, sooner or later, be ashamed of their labour. Those that place their happiness in the delights …

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