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From the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: Her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, They are gone without strength before the pursuer.
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A Specific Historical Defeat
Multiple commentators (Barnes, Ellicott, Gill) agree that the image of 'princes like harts' is a direct reference to the historical flight and capture of King Zedekiah and his officials. As recorded in Jeremiah 39 and 2 Kings 25, they fled Jerusalem only to be overtaken, weak and without strength, just as the verse depicts.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Her princes ... - Jeremiah had in mind the sad flight of Zedekiah and his men of war, and their capture within a few miles of Jerusalem ([R…
19th Century
Anglican
Her princes are become like harts ... —Probably a reference to the flight and capture of Zedekiah (2 Kings 25:5; [Reference Je…
16th Century
Protestant
He continues the same subject. He says here that the daughter of Zion was stripped of all her ornaments. Now, we know what the honor or dignity of …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed The kingdom removed; the priesthood ceased; the temple, their be…
The prophet sometimes speaks in his own person. At other times, Jerusalem, personified as a distressed woman, or some of the Jews are the speakers.…
13th Century
Catholic
Here he weeps over the captivity of the adults, and in this regard, he does three things.
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