In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
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Gill's Exposition
In all their affliction he was afflicted,.... That is, God, who said the above words; not properly speaking; for to be afflicted is not consistent with his nature and perfections, being a spirit, and…
Barnes' Notes
In all their affliction he was afflicted - This is a most beautiful sentiment, meaning that God sympathized with them in all their trials, and that he was ever ready to aid them. This sentiment…
The prophet is here, in the name of the church, taking a review, and making a thankful recognition, of God's dealings with his church all along, ever since he founded it, before he comes, in the…
Cambridge Bible
In all their affliction he was afflicted (lit. "there was affliction to Him"). This is the sense of the Qĕrê, which substitutes lô(to him) for the lô"(not) of the Kĕthîb(see on ch. Isa 9:3). It is…
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