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You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side; There was none that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh`s anger: Those that I have dandled and brought up has my enemy consumed.
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A Festival of Terrors
Commentators explain the verse's powerful and tragic irony. God is depicted as summoning terrors 'as in the day of a solemn assembly.' Just as trumpets would call worshippers to a joyful festival in Jerusalem, God has now summoned enemies from every side to execute His judgment. The sacred gathering has been horrifically inverted into a gathering of destruction.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You have called as in a solemn day – that is, “You” call “like a feast day,” that is, like the proclaiming of a festival.
19th Century
Anglican
You have called ... —Better, You have summoned, as for a solemn feast-day. (Compare to Lamentations 1:15.) In “terrors ro…
16th Century
Protestant
Here he uses a most appropriate metaphor to show that the people had been brought to dire straits, for he says that terrors had surrounded…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have called, as in a solemn day, my terrors round about, &c.] Terrible enemies, as the Chaldeans; these came at the c…
Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands and eaten, according t…
13th Century
Catholic
Here the prophet sets forth the impossibility of escape, making three points on this matter:
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