Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
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Gill's Exposition
Thou art full of stirs,.... Or, "wast full of stirs"; through the multitude of people walking about in it, and the vast hurry of business done in it; but now all hush and quiet, the streets clear of…
Barnes' Notes
Thou that art full of stirs - Of tumult, of commotion, of alarm. Or, perhaps, this whole description may mean that it was formerly a city distinguished for the hum of business, or for pleasure; a…
The title of this prophecy is very observable. It is the burden of the valley of vision, of Judah and Jerusalem; so all agree. Fitly enough is Jerusalem called a valley, for the mountains were round…
Cambridge Bible
full of stirs R.V. full of shoutings. joyous city jubilant city, as ch. Isa 32:13. A festive disposition seems to have characterised the inhabitants of Jerusalem in Isaiah's time; cf. also ch. Isa…
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