There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn`t felt your endless cruelty?

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

There is no healing - (literally, “dulling”) of your bruise. It cannot be softened or mitigated; and so your wound is …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Clap the hands over thee. — All who hear the report of the fall of Nineveh clap their hands with joy ([Reference Psalms 4…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

All that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee:

I think that is the old Norman-French word, "bruit," signifying noi…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet shows here more clearly that when the empire of Nineveh would be scattered, it would be an incurable evil, and every hope of a remedy w…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[There is] no healing of your bruise Made by the fatal blow given to the empire by the taking of Nineveh; the ruin of it …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Strongholds, even the strongest, are no defense against the judgments of God. They will be unable to do anything for themselves.

The Chaldea…

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