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The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
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The Last King's Capture
Commentators agree this verse laments the capture of King Zedekiah, Judah's final king. He was called "the breath of our nostrils" because he represented the nation's last hope for survival and identity. His capture, described as being caught in a hunter's pit, symbolized the complete collapse of their national life and the shattering of their hope to live "under his shadow" among the nations.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A rapid sketch of the last days of the siege and the capture of the king.
(Lamentations 4:17) Rather, Still do our eyes wast…
19th Century
Anglican
The breath of our nostrils. —The “breath of life” of Genesis 2:7. The phrase emphasises the ideal character of the king a…
16th Century
Protestant
This verse, as I have said elsewhere, has been ignorantly applied to Josiah, who fell in battle long before the fall of the city. The royal dignity…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits Or "the…
Nothing ripens a people more for ruin, nor fills the measure faster, than the sins of priests and prophets. The king himself cannot escape, for Div…
13th Century
Catholic
Fourth, he excludes the protection of kings: the breath of our mouth, by which we breathed in the midst of our anguish; Chri…
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