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The Ultimate Tragedy
Commentators highlight the profound horror of this scene. Children are dying in their mothers' arms, the very place they should find life and comfort. Their desperate cries for food to the one person who wants to help but cannot, as Calvin notes, creates a picture of absolute societal breakdown and unimaginable sorrow.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 2:12
18th Century
Theologian
They say - Or, “They keep saying:” it was an often-repeated cry, even while expiring upon their mother’s bosom.
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 2:12
19th Century
Bishop
They say ... —The words seem to paint what was actually passing before the writer’s eye, but may be the vivid present which repres…
John Calvin
On Lamentations 2:12
16th Century
Theologian
There is either a personification in the words of the Prophet, or he is speaking of a different group. He cannot be referring to children nursing a…
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John Gill
On Lamentations 2:12
17th Century
Pastor
They say to their mothers, where [is] corn and wine ?
&c.] Not the sucklings who could not speak, nor were used to c…
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 2:10–22
17th Century
Minister
Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands and eaten, according t…