When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
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Gill's Exposition
When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee,.... From distress and impending ruin, if they can; meaning not the allies and auxiliaries of the Jews, the Egyptians and Assyrians, they sent to for…
Barnes' Notes
When thou criest - That is, when you are in trouble, and feel your need of help. Let thy companies deliver thee - The word used here (קבוּץ qibûts) means, properly, “a gathering; a throng; a…
Adam Clarke
Let thy companies deliver thee "Let thine associates deliver thee" - Thirty-nine MSS. (ten ancient) of Dr. Kennicott's, and two of my own, and the two oldest editions have יצילכו yatstsiluchu, plural.
Here, I. God shows how insufficient idols and creatures were to relieve and succour those that worshipped them and confided in them (Isa 57:13): "When thou criest in thy distress and anguish,…
Cambridge Bible
When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee Cf. Jer 2:28. The word for "companies" does not occur elsewhere; it means them which thou hast gathered (R.V.): thy rabble of idols (R.V. marg.) (see…
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